Clive Palmer’s senior adviser, Andrew Crook, has been detained by police in an investigation apparently linked to an alleged kidnapping of a bank executive.
Palmer confirmed the raid, telling Guardian Australia he was initially concerned it had something to do with the Palmer United party’s Queensland state election campaign.
ABC News reported the raid was linked to the alleged kidnapping of an National Australia Bank executive in January 2013.
“[Queensland premier Campbell] Newman’s police raided his office this morning under a search warrant, I went around to the office but was refused access,” Palmer said.
A staff member from Crook’s office rang Palmer to inform him of the raid because the office has information relating to PUP.
The ABC reported that Crook, 48, was arrested by Queensland police during a raid on his home in Brisbane on Friday. He was then taken to his office.
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