An alleged drug trafficker with pending arrest warrants for his involvement in at least three cases of importing cocaine into Europe was extradited to Belgium on Friday from Dubai where he had immigrated, the Belgian Ministry of Justice said. This is Nordin El Hajioui, a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin, who is considered to be one of the main drug lords in Antwerp. The 36-year-old was initially arrested in Dubai at the request of Belgian justice in 2020, then released, before being arrested and remanded in custody for a second time last year. He appealed against his extradition to Belgium, but a higher court in the UAE gave the go-ahead in early March after exhausting all available legal remedies. According to the Flemish public television network VRT, the so-called “Dikke Nordin” (or “big Nordin”), was repatriated on a plane specially chartered for the occasion by the Belgian authorities and was due to arrive last night at the military airport of Mellsbruck, near Brussels. . Warrants are pending against him […]
Source: News Beast
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