Serbia nets alleged Balkan drug boss with help from CIA


A Serbian police vehicle secures the street after alleged drug boss Darko Saric has been taken to the special organised crime court in Belgrade March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Alleged Balkan drug boss Darko Saric, one of the most wanted figures in the crime-riddled region, surrendered to Serbian police on Tuesday as a dragnet involving the CIA closed in on him in Latin America, Serbian authorities said.

Serbia's government said the 43-year-old had set no conditions for his surrender, other than to see his wife, son and daughter for 30 minutes at Podgorica airport in neighbouring Montenegro en route from an unspecified third country to Belgrade.

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