A Family Member of Marengo Suspect Ridouan Taghi Has Been Released in Spain, The Public Prosecution Service (OM) Reported on Thursday After Questions from the Press Agency ANP . This Concerns the 24-year-old Firass T., Who was arrested in Southern Spain in June on Suspicion of Large-Scal Drug Smuggling.
The Om is surprised by this, as it had initiated the Extradition of T. This week it was discovered that he was released last thursday. It is not clear what gets went wrong. That is now bee investigated.
T. was arrested on June 21 in the Spanish Town of Tarifa While on his way to leave Europe. A European judgment Warrant had Been Issued Against Him. The judgment was Part of a Longer-Running Investigation in The Eastern Netherlands Into International Drug Trafficking.
Taghi’s Family Member is suspended of participating in a drug gang, Among Other Things. In The Same Investigation, Two Men from Geldermalsen Were arrested in June. They are linked to the import of 366 kilos of cocaine through the port of Antwerp in February of this year. The Two Will Appear in Court for the First Time Next Week.
T. is now international wanted, which are that he can be arrested and extradited again if he is caught. This applies to Countries Where Extradition to the Netherlands is Possible.
T. was arrested after a major ‘day of action’ in The Investigation
T. was arrested four days after a major ‘day of action’ in the investigation. On June 17, Raids Were Carried Out at Ten Locations in the Netherlands. Ten Homes (Six in Geldermalsen, Two in Deil, One in Meteren and One in Gorinchem) Were Searched.
Duration the searches, Luxury Goods, Drugs, Cash, Cars and Weapons Were Seasized, The Police Reported at the Time.
In The Same Investigation, A 31-Year-old man from Tricht, Sentenced To Ten Years was in Prison by the Court in Zutphen in July. He recovered that sentence for, among other things, the import of 165 kilos of cocaine. Hey also tried to extort Someone.
Why We Speak of ‘Surrender’ and Not Of Extradition
Accordance to the Surrender Act, Surrender is “The Making available of a person by the Judicial Authorities of One Member State to the Judicial Authorities of Another Member State of the European Union”.
So if it groups two eu Member States, as in this case the Netherlands and spain, we speak of surrender.