An alleged drugs kingpin who fled Australia six years ago is the latest underworld figure to have been arrested in a series of dramatic raids in Turkey.
Ayik morphed from an aspiring Sydney drug dealer to the founder of a multibillion dollar global crime cartel with a new moniker: Australia’s most wanted man.
Hakan Ayik, one of Australia’s most wanted men with New Zealand links, has been arrested in Turkey along with other leaders of the Australian Comancheros.
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