Weil am Rhein: Man is caught at border crossing after 26 years of manhunt

2024-03-06T13:45:11.393Z

Highlights: 47-year-old arrested at border crossing in Weil am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg. He is said to have been involved in heroin smuggling in 1998. Since then he has been wanted by Turkey on an international manhunt. It is now being examined whether he will be extradited to Turkey. He was taken into custody on the orders of a magistrate on Friday night. He has been charged with drug possession and possession with intent to distribute in Germany.

In 1998 he is said to have smuggled heroin, and now he has fallen into the net of German border officials: A man who had been wanted for 26 years has been arrested in Weil am Rhein.