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Man wanted in Turkey for murder nabbed in Azerbaijan

3 May 2010 05:55 (UTC+04:00)
Man wanted in Turkey for murder nabbed in Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan Interior Ministry's officers have arrested a man who was wanted by the Turkish law enforcement agencies on charges of murdering two people and drug trafficking.
Saribas Mehmet Erdal was detained as a result of an operation carried out in Sumgayit, the ministry said Friday.
The investigation revealed that Erdal introduced himself as Olmez Mustafa Zekeriyye in Azerbaijan. Erdal had fake documents, lived and married in Sumgayit.
Erdal has pled guilty of shooting two people in Kilis, Turkey in 2001 and drug trafficking.
Arrangements are being made to extradite him.*

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