A former suspect charged in connection with the foiled terrorist bomb attacks in Britain was free to leave Australia Saturday, a day after prosecutors dropped charges against the Indian-born doctor, according to Australia's Immigration Minister.
Australia's top prosecutor on Friday dropped a charge tying Dr. Mohammed Haneef to terror suspects implicated in the failed bomb attacks in England and Scotland after citing major errors in the case following a review of the evidence.
Haneef was first freed from jail and placed under residential detention -- meaning he could not leave the country -- but on Saturday was released from residential detention and given back his passport, enabling him to leave the country.
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