Higher Regional Court decision – Graz drug lord will not be extradited to the USA

Suitcase with 2.6 million euros
In December 2020, four packages containing two kilograms of heroin with a purity of 43 percent were handed over to US investigators at Graz Airport. At the beginning of February 2021, the 54-year-old initially offered a further 200 kilograms, although he is said to have assured that 100 kilos would be available immediately because they were in a warehouse in Graz. At another meeting in March, it was specifically agreed that 135 kilos would be handed over at a sales price of EUR 19,000 per kilo. At the last meeting, the DEA officials apparently even produced a suitcase containing 2.6 million euros in cash, whereupon two delivery dates were set in the last week of April. This did not happen anymore, the 54-year-old was arrested and further search measures were initiated.

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