Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday ordered police to stop using fake bomb detectors at checkpoints following a deadly Daesh bombing that killed at least 150 people in Baghdad, Reuters reported.
Abadi ordered an investigation at the interior ministry into the "corrupt deals" to buy the ADE 651 fake bomb detectors that were sold to Iraq by a British businessman.
Originally developed as golf ball finders, James McCormick sold them to Iraq and other countries as hand-held bomb detectors. McCormic was sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison for endangering lives for profit.
McCormick earned more than $40 million from sales in Iraq alone.
Police told Reuters that the fake bomb detectors were still in use in Iraq five years after the scandal about the sales broke.
Abadi was met by angry crowds Sunday when he visited the scene of the blast in the Karada area of Baghdad.
The bombing, which targeted a busy shopping area, may be Daesh's most deadly bombing yet, as the death toll continues to climb. Iraqis also voiced their anger on social media that fake detectors were still being used despite the escalation in attacks by Daesh.
Iraqi forces recently ousted Daesh militants from Fallujah after a month-long battle to reclaim the city.
