Parsons Green bucket bomb suspect bragged about smoking dope and drinking vodka on social media
A MAN arrested over the Parsons Green bombing regularly posted about his "westernised"; lifestyle on social media.
Yahya Faroukh, 21, is still being quizzed by cops after his arrest on Saturday night and appeared to enjoy smoking cannabis and drinking vodka as part of his daily life,
Faroukh moved from Syria to Surrey and had been living with a foster couple before moving out to Staines - who had also taken in the first man arrested over the terror attack.
He posted an image on Instagram which read "for a better life you need to have weed, vodka and drugs" and wrote about "smoking weed every day".
A Facebook profile in his name listed promoters Dope Diamond Entertainment and BSQ London as his employers.
He was pinned down by four undercover cops at midnight on Saturday.
Farroukh was arrested outside Aladdins Fried Chicken in Hounslow, West London, where he is believed to have worked behind the counter for nine months.
Suleman Sarwar, one of the owners of the takeaway, said Farroukh "never mentioned anything about ISIS", adding: "He seemed very Westernised, he was into American rap music and wore Western clothes like jeans and T-shirt.
"He was very sensible and mature, and not into religion at all. There was nothing to make him stand out."
He allegedly yelled: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" as undercover officers dressed as tramps pounced - causing a pile of KitKats and Maltesers to spill out of his bag.
A witness who saw Farroukh’s arrest said: “The guy had just walked past the takeaway when three blokes and a woman came running past and he was rugby tackled to the floor.
“My mates and I thought he was getting jumped.
We were going to help him but they shouted 'undercover police' so we stepped back."
Thirty people were injured including a schoolboy after a "fireball flew down a carriage" on the Tube train. Police have since arrested two men as they investigate the bombing.
The explosion struck a District Line train at Parsons Green at 8.20am on September 15.
Passengers suffered facial burns after the incident inside the carriage as it was sat at the West London station.
A crude device placed in a Lidl bag which was then stuffed inside a white bucket and left by the carriage door near the rear of the train exploded in an act of terror.
Passengers were seen running and screaming from the tracks as witnesses described seeing a giant fireball flying down the train.
An 18-year-old man is also still being held by police and quizzed over the attack - they are both believed to have been taken in by a couple who had previously received MBEs for their services to children and families.
Their family home in Surrey was raided by armed cops on Saturday as police searched for the person or people behind the bomb.
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