Wanted Serbian mob boss caught in Turkey

Serbian mob boss Zeljko Bojanic, sought by Interpol with a red notice, has been detained in Istanbul.

The drug lord code-named Boris was caught in Sarıyer district on suspicion of murdering a Serbian national, Rosto Mijonovik.

The Istanbul Organized Crime Branch Office started work on the suspicion that the body may have been buried in the garden of his house.

No trace of the victim could be found during the work that continued throughout the day. However, the search efforts are to continue on Nov. 7 to trace the murder.

The drug lord was determined to have entered the country with a fake passport under the name Andelew Belchew Jordan.

On Europol’s list of 45 most wanted criminals in Europe, Bojanic is believed to have been involved in a drugs smuggling operation with an Austrian national known as KT between September 2014 and June 2015 in Slovenia, Brazil and Austria.

According to Europol, members of the gang met up in Zagreb on Sept. 7, 2014, and agreed to buy a yacht to enable them to smuggle cocaine into Europe.