Pretoria - Hassan Solomon was released on R3 000 bail by the Pretoria regional court on Friday after the State withdraw charges against him of conspiring to murder President Thabo Mbeki.

Forty-one-year-old Solomon, who also uses the aliases Bheki Jacobs and Uranin Vladimir Solomon, would still face charges of identity document and passport fraud.

The case was postponed to February 26 for further investigation.

The Sunday Times reported that Solomon was suspected of compiling a dossier containing allegations of a plot to oust of kill Mbeki.

The plot would reportedly have involved tampering with the presidential jet.

The dossier apparently alleges that top politicians and officials involved in a power struggle wanted to ensure their chosen candidate ran the country after Mbeki.

Solomon was arrested in Cape Town over the weekend and flown to Pretoria, where he first appeared in court on Monday.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and www.news24.co.za.