Alleged cocaine trafficker at center of international smuggling operation arrested in Dubai
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An alleged drug trafficker wanted for his role in an international cocaine smuggling operation through the port of Antwerp, in Belgium, had been arrested in Dubai. Police said Monday that Othman El Ballouti was detained under an international arrest warrant issued by Belgian authorities. El Ballouti, who was sanctioned last year by the U.S. Treasury, was believed to have been living in the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhdom on the Arabian Peninsula also home to Abu Dhabi. It wasn’t immediately clear if El Ballouti had a lawyer.
