Europes drug baron caught in Antalya

Published December 19,2023

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“In coordination with the Directorate of Narcotics Crimes of the General Directorate of Security; within the framework of the “Cage-21” Operations organized by the Antalya and Istanbul Narcotics Crimes Branch Directorates, in addition to the Smuggling and Border Gates Branch Directorates, the leaders of three organized crime teams, 2 of whom had been topic to a Red Notice and 1 to a Diffusion Message (Urgent Arrest Message), had been apprehended.

Homas Josef Konrad, needed with an Interpol Red Notice for drug trafficking in Poland, the top of an organized crime group concerned in transporting important quantities of narcotics from Morocco to Italy and Spain, and subsequently distributing them in different European international locations in smaller portions, was arrested within the Alanya District of Antalya.

Jinking Peng, needed with an Interpol Red Notice for “Fraud and Illegal Organizational Activities” in China, the chief of a needed prison group, was apprehended in Istanbul Fatih.

Daniel Alexander Muller, topic to a Diffusion Message (Urgent Arrest Message – adopted by a Red Notice), the fugitive suspect within the operation the place 1 ton of cocaine was seized in Germany, and the top of the organized crime group, was captured in Istanbul Beyoğlu.

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya acknowledged, “Regardless of the scale and the type of notice issued, we will not allow international organized crime groups, drug traffickers, and gangs that disturb the peace of our people to breathe. We are determined to rid our country of national and international organized crime groups and drug traffickers.”