2024-03-30 16:30:00
Nordin El Hajjioui is one of the most dangerous criminals wanted by the Belgian authorities. He is the first Antwerp drug trafficker to be extradited by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the signing of the new extradition treaty between the two countries. The nickname Dikke Nordin arrived in Antwerp on Friday evening, in a military plane which landed at the Melsbroek air base.
Wanted by the judicial authorities in Antwerp, the man of Moroccan origin was arrested for the first time in Dubai in 2020. But the Emirati authorities opposed his extradition, freeing the criminal. After the signing of the new extradition treaty between Belgium and the United Arab Emirates, the Belgian authorities once again issued an arrest and extradition warrant against Dikke Nordin. The criminal was arrested in 2023 in Dubai and placed in detention, pending the completion of his extradition procedures.
Read: Dubai: drug lord Nordin El Hajjioui extradited
Nordin El H. is the main suspect in several major drug trafficking trials underway in Antwerp. He would also be involved in a drug case which is being investigated by the Limburg court. His lawyers, Maître Louis De Groote and Hans Rieder, initiated several challenge procedures with a view to delaying the holding of these trials against Dikke Nordin.
For security reasons, the Belgian judicial authorities have not given any information on the prison to which the criminal will be transferred. Nordin will probably be presented this Saturday before the investigating judge of the Antwerp court, in charge of his cases. According to Justice Minister Paul Van Tigchelt, other Antwerp drug lords residing in Dubai will also be extradited in the coming months.
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