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Cologne / Amsterdam (dpa / lnw) - A point in time for the transfer of the former Reemtsma kidnapper Thomas Drach from the Netherlands to Germany is still unclear.
According to a spokeswoman, the Amsterdam court has set a new date for April 20 to discuss the extradition request from the Cologne judiciary.
Probably two weeks later, the court will then announce its decision.
The extradition process could take a total of 90 days.
At a first appointment at the end of February, the court, contrary to expectations, had not yet dealt with the application.
The 60-year-old Drach, wanted by a European arrest warrant, was arrested on February 23 in Amsterdam.
The six-month period for pre-trial detention only begins after his extradition, explained a spokesman for the Cologne public prosecutor's office.
If an accused is in custody, the main hearing must, in principle, start before this period of time has expired.
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Drach, who was born in Erftstadt near Cologne, is suspected of having committed three robberies on money transporters in Cologne and Frankfurt / Main in 2018 and 2019.
In one of the acts, a security guard was shot and seriously injured.
In 1996, Drach and accomplices kidnapped the Hamburg heir to the tobacco dynasty, Jan Philipp Reemtsma.
The victim was released after 33 days - for the equivalent of around 18 million euros in ransom.
Drach was later caught and sentenced to fourteen and a half years in prison.
He was released in autumn 2013.
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