Bikie kingpin Mark Buddle was residing in Cyprus on a tourist visa since July 7, 2021 and claims through his defence lawyer that local politicians were squeezing him for money.
Buddle fled Australia in 2016, after being wanted in connection with several murders, and moved to Girne, in Northern Cyprus, on a tourist visa on July 7, 2021.
The self-declared Comanchero commander of the world is in custody in Turkey as Sydney detectives wait to speak to him about the murder of Gary Allibon in 2010.