Overview
- Ismail Ali, missing since May 2020, presented himself at a police station on 19 November reporting to be safe and well.
- West Yorkshire Police had launched a homicide inquiry days earlier, arresting three women and two men on suspicion of his murder.
- Searches at three properties on Beckside Road and Cumberland Road led officers to seize a large amount of cash.
- Police say several of those arrested are on bail in relation to money‑laundering offences, with inquiries continuing.
- Detectives are safeguarding Ali and working to establish the circumstances of his five‑year disappearance.