Cdr.

"You will need to make sure you are doing your due diligence," Cdr Murphy said.

Profiting from an individual who funds terrorism is an extremely serious matter, said Cdr Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Cdr Julian Bennett has been dismissed from the force for a second time following a misconduct hearing.

"I am enormously concerned that almost five years since this incident happened we have only now been able to dismiss Cdr Bennett," added Assistant Commissioner Twist.

"This should have been a simple matter. Cdr Bennett has never disputed he refused a lawful order to take a drugs test."