A DUTCH cocaine kingpin referred to as “Chubby Jos” has lastly been tracked down after photos gave away his location.

However a jaw-dropping twist means the authorities can’t contact certainly one of Europe’s most-wanted criminals — at the least for now.

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Jos Leijdekkers, 33, has been hiding out in Sierra Leone for the previous six months, Dutch authorities revealed.

The mobster was positioned after pictures and movies surfaced this month exhibiting him at a New 12 months’s Day church within the president’s hometown of Tihun.

The damning footage, reportedly posted by Sierra Leone’s first woman, seems to indicate Leijdekkers sitting simply two rows behind president Julius Maada Bio, subsequent to a girl believed to be the president’s daughter.

Dubbed a “key participant in worldwide cocaine trafficking”, Leijdekkers was convicted in absentia final 12 months for smuggling over seven tonnes of cocaine and handed a 24-year jail sentence.

And regardless of a $210,000 bounty for his captured – the very best ever provided for a Dutch fugitive – Leijdekkers stays untouchable as Sierra Leone has no extradition treaty with the Netherlands.

The drug lord could have additionally gotten Sierra Leonean citizenship, complicating efforts to deliver him to justice, German outlet Bild stories.

Leijdekkers’ attainable hyperlink to Sierra Leone’s first household additionally appeared to have raised eyebrows.

Whereas Dutch prosecutors are conserving tight-lipped, sources declare Leijdekkers is married to Agnes Bio, the president’s daughter — a connection that might provide him high-level safety, stories Bild.

Dutch prosecutor Wim de Bruin stated the fugitive’s return to the Netherlands was of “the very best precedence”.

“We’re doing every thing we are able to in that regard however we can not remark any additional due to the continued investigation,” he instructed the BBC.

Sierra Leonean authorities, nonetheless, stay silent on the matter, with no official remark from authorities spokespersons.

In the meantime, legislation enforcement businesses have flagged the West African nation as a vital hub within the international cocaine commerce, with its ports serving as transit factors for South American shipments heading to Europe.

This isn’t the primary time Sierra Leone has been within the highlight for alleged drug-related scandals.

Simply weeks in the past, its ambassador to Guinea was recalled after seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine had been found in an embassy car.

Leijdekkers, who rose to infamy as a boss of the brutal Mocro Mafia, is accused of laundering thousands and thousands of euros and gold earned from his cocaine empire.

Dutch police say his illicit dealings probably prolong past the seven tonnes of confiscated medication that secured his conviction.

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Leijdekkers may be linked to the disappearance of Europe’s so-called “Godmother of Cocaine”, who vanished with no hint in 2019.

Born and raised within the Netherlands, Naima Jillal rose up the ranks as a strong drug boss on the age of 47, importing cocaine from South American cartels and incomes herself the nickname “Auntie”.

Naima Jillal is believed to have had direct ties to Leijdekkers.

Investigators suspect that Leijdekkers performed a crucial function in Jillal’s disappearance and possible homicide.

Based on intercepted encrypted communications, Leijdekkers was concerned in organising her abduction and the following violent acts dedicated in opposition to her.

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