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Dutch police offer record €2m for fugitive drug lord
Dutch authorities have raised the reward for Jos Leijdekkers, a major cocaine trafficker believed to be hiding in Sierra Leone, to two million euros.
In brief
Dutch authorities have raised the reward for Jos Leijdekkers, a major cocaine trafficker believed to be hiding in Sierra Leone, to two million euros. Dutch police offered a record two million euro reward for Jos Leijdekkers, a 35-year-old drug lord accused of major cocaine trafficking, after Sierra Leone refused to…
Record reward for Europe's most-wanted
Dutch authorities offered €2m (£1.7m/$2.24m) for information leading to the arrest of Jos Leijdekkers, a 35-year-old also known as Bolle Jos, one of Europe's most-wanted men.
Accused of major cocaine trafficking
Dutch police accused Leijdekkers of being one of the key players in international cocaine trafficking.
“necessary given the threat that Leijdekkers poses to national security, our democratic rule of law, and the international legal order”
Sierra Leone refuses extradition
In January 2025, Dutch police said Leijdekkers was believed to be living in Sierra Leone under the name Omar Sherrif.
What it means
Dutch police offered a record two million euro reward for Jos Leijdekkers, a 35-year-old drug lord accused of major cocaine trafficking, after Sierra Leone refused to extradite him.
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