6 minutes agoTurkish drug boss seized in Skopje with Kosovo passport
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already confirmed that the Turkish citizen who was arrested during yesterday is Sedat Peker, a controversial figure in Turkey suspected of multiple criminal acts. Peker was staying in northern Macedonia now and several months, respectively, at a hotel in Petrovec, Skopje. He was arrested [...]
He was arrested on charges of violating the rules of residence by attempting his deportation to Turkey. But during the procedures Peker has said that if he infiltrated there he could face inhumane torture by demanding transfer to another state like Kosovo. Unofficially, Peker reportedly has a Kosovo passport and that he was transferred to Kosovo late last night along with his team.
MPB did not want to add anything more to the case except for the official announcement:
On 18,01,2021 police officials from Biroo for Public Security have arrested R.S.P. 49 years old who stayed in our country while violating short-standing rules. After consisting of violations of the position deadline, the person in question was expelled from the territory of the Republic of Northern Macedonia”, said by the MPB.
As long as it is wanted on social networks and will be seen that Peker has had numerous meetings with politicians, officials and businessmen in Macedonia and the region in recent months.
Last year, on December 3rd, he was a guest at the “Fon University”, where he met with the owner Fiat Canovski, on November 17th, he met with the head of Rastusha municipality, Medat Kurtovski, where Peker was presented as businessman and donated equipment for online learning.
Peker is accused of a host of criminal acts in Turkey such as murder, fines or drug trafficking. He left the country in February last year, initially settling in Montenegro and then in Kosovo and Macedonia. Turkish media report that Peker has rivalry with renowned Turkish underground boss Aalaatin Cakici, who has recently been released from prison and has full backing of Erdogan's ruling ally party, the MHP. It is reported that Chuckic is the cause of Peker's escape from Turkey to the Balkans, where he was arrested yesterday with the intention of deportation to the country of origin.
Since yesterday, Turkish journalist Ahmed Dinmez reported on the arrest, among other things, wrote that Packer had enemies in Turkey, including Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During his stay in Kosovo, he has also made several visits to the country, meeting even the head of Elez's eating municipality, Rufki Suma, as well as having meetings in the Mamusa municipality, while having photos in Prizren along with the staff accompanying him.
