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Fugitive with 1,078 days left to serve tracked down and arrested

Fugitive with 1,078 days left to serve tracked down and arrested

A 63-year-old fugitive was arrested by the Special Interventions Service (DSI) in Amsterdam after failing to return to prison to serve the remaining 1,078 days of his sentence. The man, previously convicted of burglary and drug and weapon offenses, was tracked down by the FASTNL team after being missing since January.

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