Arrested in Tirana, the Turkish "boss" of a drug trafficking network, brought 703 kg of heroin into Germany in cooperation with Serbs and Iranians

2024-11-28 16:20:13Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Arrested in Tirana, the Turkish "boss" of a drug trafficking network,
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A Turkish citizen residing in the Netherlands was arrested in Tirana on charges of running an international drug network as part of an investigation conducted by German prosecutors, reports Deutsche Welle.

The 57-year-old, whose name has not been released, was detained by the Albanian border police at Tirana International Airport on November 23. He is accused of leading an international gang that smuggled tons of heroin from Iran to Western European countries via the United Arab Emirates.

Albanian authorities have not yet decided whether the suspect, for whom an arrest warrant has been issued as part of the investigations carried out by the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office, will be extradited to Germany.

After his arrest in Albania, Dutch police raided his home and workplace in Rotterdam.

The investigation by the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office and the German Federal Police is also supported by the European police organization EUROPOL.

The arrested Turkish national is accused of organizing and financing the transport of 703 kilograms of heroin that was seized from a container ship officially carrying soap in the Port of Hamburg in August 2022. The seizure was recorded as the largest amount of heroin ever seized in Germany.

In September 2022, the German Federal Police announced that an arrest warrant had been issued for a 40-year-old Turkish-Serbian national, a 35-year-old Iranian national, a 54-year-old German national and another Turkish national, suspected of having ties to the gang in words.


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