An asylum seeker arrested by anti-terror police has gone on the run, officers have revealed.
Bakhtiar Mahmud Perwaiss, 28, who also uses the alias Berwis, vanished a month ago after he was released on bail.
He failed to hand himself into officers at Huddersfield Police Station in West Yorkshire, on 8 November and has not been seen since, police added.
Greater Manchester anti-terror squad officers in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, arrested him on 11 October.
Laundering offences
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "The police are keen to locate him and would ask that if any members of the public see him, they do not approach him, but call 999 immediately.
"There is nothing to suggest Perwaiss represents a danger to the public."
He was charged with money laundering offences after an alleged scam was uncovered to obtain cash in Yemen.
Perwaiss, originally from a Kurdish region of Iraq, is missing the ends of two fingers on his right hand - an injury he claimed to have received handling explosives in Iraq.
He has been living with his cousin at an address in Pontefract and is not thought to have any other family in the UK.
A police source reportedly said officers had "opposed Perwaiss being released on bail and were frustrated he had now absconded".
Ports, airports and Interpol have been alerted to Perwaiss' disappearance, police said.
He has been described as about 5ft 8in to 5ft 9in tall with a stocky build and stubble. His English is said to be poor.
Two other men, Omar Altimimi and Yusuf Abdullah, were also arrested and charged in connection with the investigation.
They are expected to stand trial next year.
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