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Most wanted criminal in Netherlands is arrested in Colombia with tecnique used to capture kingpin Pablo Escobar

Bogota, Feb 10 (EFE).- The drug trafficker Said Razzouki, the criminal most wanted by the Dutch Justice, was arrested in Medellin in an operation in which the authorities had to resort to the techniques with which the Pablo Escobar boss was found more than 30 years ago.(CAMERA: Juan Diego López)WITH IMAGES COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL POLICERESOURCE IMAGES OF THE ARREST OF DRUG TRAFFICKER SAID RAZZOUKI AND SOUNDBITES OF THE ANTI-DRUG TRAFFICKING POLICE OF COLOMBIA, MAJOR GENERAL JORGE LUIS RAMÍREZ.TRANSLATION1. "During the year of investigation the anti-narcotics intelligence members carried out field activities. We had to resort to techniques when we used the Search Block for the location of Pablo Escobar since this individual (Razzouki) applied mechanisms to hide and evade the controls of the authorities. He didn't use media, technology or networks, he got to the point of losing contact with his family for more than eight years ago"2. "He had changed his physical appearance trying to pretend that he was 20 years older than he was, something unconventional for these types of criminals"