THE brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate terror raid and their family scoffed £1,300 of food in 24 hours — at taxpayers’ expense.
Their hotel bill came to more than £50,000 — including £800 in a day on phone calls — as they finally moved back to their East London home.
Shaven-headed Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, and Abul Koyair, 21, were arrested on June 2 by anti-terror police looking for a chemical device.
Kahar was shot in the shoulder during the raid in their family home on Lansdowne Road.
The brothers were released without charge, after spending a week in custody, when no device was found.
Since then the pair and their family have been put up in swanky hotels by the Metropolitan Police as the house was stripped.
They initially stayed at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, central London, but after complaining they were transferred to the five-star Crowne Plaza Hotel next to Buckingham Palace, where they ran up huge bills while gorging themselves.
But Scotland Yard top brass refused to sign for any more expenditure
One source said: "How can any family eat £1,300 of food in a day?
"They decided enough was enough and refused to sign for anything more. It is not as if the family are short of a few bob."
Cops found £38,000 in CASH hidden in a suitcase in the house. Another £2,000 was buried in the garden.
The family say the money came from renting out a property and they did not put it in a bank — because Islam forbids them doing so.
Kahar is expected to seek up to £500,000 in compensation after being shot in the raid. He has since been charged over paedophile images found on a computer at the address.
The brothers and family left the hotel at 8am on Saturday when they were driven away in two hired people carriers.
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