"Today, on April 24, 2018, at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, the authorities of the Kingdom of Belgium will extradite the Dutch national Guido Wolters to Russia," Kurennoy said.
According to the investigation, Wolters, a member of an organized criminal group, was involved in a large-scale drug smuggling operation from South America to the United Kingdom through Russia.
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Wolters was put on an international wanted list in April 2010, and Russia sent an extradition request for the criminal to the Belgian authorities in May 2013, the spokesman added.
Later in the day, Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk told Sputnik that Wolters had already been transferred to Russia.