'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia to face drug trafficking charges

FILE PHOTO: Australian Border Force officer unveils snow globes containing liquid methamphetamine in Sydney, Australia May 31, 2019 in this still image taken from video on July 25, 2019. Australian Border Force via REUTERS

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday it had taken the head of a global drug trafficking syndicate, dubbed 'Asia's El Chapo', into custody after he was extradited from the Netherlands.

The AFP said the arrest is the culmination of a long-running investigation into an organised crime syndicate known as "Sam Gor", or "The Company", that it says trafficked methamphetamine worth millions of dollars of into Australia.