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| Birmingham 'police kidnap hoax': Three charged | Birmingham 'police kidnap hoax': Three charged |
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| Three men, including a police offer, have been charged over a hoax terror plot to kidnap an officer. | |
| Birmingham officer Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, 29, was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. | Birmingham officer Amar Tasaddiq Hussain, 29, was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. |
| He was also charged with two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and has been suspended from duty with immediate effect. | He was also charged with two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and has been suspended from duty with immediate effect. |
| Adil Bashir and Muhammad Sheikh have been charged with the same offences. | Adil Bashir and Muhammad Sheikh have been charged with the same offences. |
| Police said they were given "false and malicious information" suggesting an officer was to "be kidnapped as part of a terrorist plot" on 8 December last year. | |
| The force was put on high alert because of the hoax. | |
| Mr Hussain, Mr Bashir, 25, from Small Heath, and Mr Sheikh, 30, from Bordesley Green, have been released on bail. | Mr Hussain, Mr Bashir, 25, from Small Heath, and Mr Sheikh, 30, from Bordesley Green, have been released on bail. |
| They are due to appear at Cannock Magistrates' Court on 7 October. | They are due to appear at Cannock Magistrates' Court on 7 October. |
| Mr Hussain works for the force's Birmingham West and Central Police Unit. |