Drug lord of Moroccan origin arrested in Dubai

Antwerp drug lord Othman El Ballouti is on the run in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). He was arrested, and Belgium now expects his extradition.

Othman El Ballouti is no longer free to move. Thanks to intelligence obtained during the decryption of Sky ECC communications, which exposed global drug networks and implicated dozens of Antwerp-based traffickers, this notorious drug trafficking figure was arrested in Dubai, reports The latest news. Sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for trafficking 840 kg of cocaine, the man nicknamed “El Patron” is also linked to a shipment of 11 tonnes seized in 2021.