Dutch authorities have arrested 57-year old Canadian national Tse Chi Lop at the request of the Australia Federal Police after a long probe into drug trafficking in the Asia-Pacific. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimated that Tse’s drug syndicate earned as much as $17 billion from trafficking drugs in 2018. Following his arrest at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday, Australian police said they can seek Tse’s extradition to Australia to face court. Whether Tse’s arrest dents the Asia-Pacific drug trade remains unclear. While he has kept a low profile in the past year, the syndicate’s activities have been largely unaffected, two police sources told Reuters.

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2021 10:52 UTC