LONDON, March 17: A British man, who bought equipment which might have been used in attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan, was jailed for eight years on Friday after he admitted being a “terrorist quartermaster”, UK police said.

He was also given a further year in jail for being in contempt of court.

Mohammed Ajmal Khan, 31, bought material that was sent to and used by the proscribed Lashkar-i-Taiba militant group fighting in the Indian-ruled Kashmir and that Britain says had links to Al Qaeda.

London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that Khan had access to more than $35,000 to buy equipment, including 1,000 square-metre of Kevlar — a material used to make armour plating for vehicles and for bullet-proof armour.

British police said Khan had provided material for the group when it was planning and conducting operations in Afghanistan in 2002-3.

He was also involved in buying remote high-tech videos and a global positioning system which were used to test an unmanned aerial “drone”.

Police said such drones laden with explosives had been shot down by Indian and Pakistani forces in the region.— Reuters