Target Investigators Arrest Fugitive Smuggler in Vienna-Margareten
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A 26-year-old man wanted by a European arrest warrant was arrested on Wednesday morning in Vienna-Margareten. The man had been sentenced to imprisonment in Greece in 2019 for smuggling but had gone into hiding.
Target investigators from the Vienna State Criminal Police Office located a 26-year-old Syrian national on December 17 during extensive search operations in an apartment on Margaretenstraße in Vienna and arrested him at around 7:45 a.m. Additionally, six refugees were found in the apartment.
26-year-old sentenced in Greece for smuggling
The man was wanted by Greece via a European arrest warrant. In 2019, he was sentenced to approximately six and a half years in prison and a fine of 20,500 euros for smuggling but fled before serving his sentence. The arrested individual was taken to a correctional facility.
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