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Tse Chi Lop, deemed in same league as Mexico s El Chapo, held after sprawling Australia-led probe
Bags containing methamphetamine found in a van during a police operation in Geraldton, Australia, in December 2017. The syndicate that Mr Tse Chi Lop, a Chinese-born Canadian national, is suspected of running is known to its members as The Company . The probe led by the Australian police found that it dominates the Asia-Pacific drug trade that is worth US$70 billion (S$93 billion) a year. PHOTO: REUTERS
PublishedJan 25, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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Dutch police say they had arrested the alleged leader of an Asian drug syndicate who is listed as one of the world's most-wanted fugitives and has been compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Asia s El Chapo Tse Chi Lop arrested at Amsterdam airport, Australian police to request extradition
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Tse Che Lop s was attempting to board a flight back to Canada when he was arrested in Amsterdam.
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Australian Federal Police (AFP) are seeking to extradite an alleged Asian drug syndicate leader, compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, who has been arrested boarding a plane at Amsterdam s Schipol Airport.
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AFP issued an arrest warrant for Mr Tse in 2019 over his connection to a drug syndicate
He is wanted for his alleged connection to the trafficking of heroin and methamphetamine into Australia
A man said to be one of the world s biggest meth dealers and accused of being responsible of 70 per cent of all narcotics entering Australia has been arrested after a two-year operation.