BRISBANE - A Gold Coast hospital registrar detained by police in relation to a thwarted terror plot in Britain is still in custody in Brisbane.
Dr Mohammed Haneef is being questioned by Australian Federal Police (AFP) and a British counter-terrorism chief over the failed London and Glasgow terror plots.
The registrar, who worked at the Gold Coast Hospital, was detained by police at Brisbane airport earlier this week as he attempted to leave the country on a one-way ticket.
Police have been granted a legal extension to detain the Indian-born doctor for questioning until 11.30pm (AEST) on Monday night.
An AFP spokeswoman today said there had been no development on his incarceration.
Dr Haneef was reported to be the cousin of brothers Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed, two of the key suspects arrested in Britain over the plot.
Meanwhile, federal police will today begin sifting through more than 31,000 documents - some in foreign languages - seized in raids yesterday on two West Australian hospitals.
Five foreign doctors working in WA and NSW were also questioned by police yesterday as part of the widening inquiry into the terror plot.
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