Muscat: Oman police arrested a 19-year-old fugitive and handed him over to Pakistan recently, according to a Royal Oman Police (ROP) press release.
Interpol had issued an alert on the murder suspect on behalf of the Pakistani authorities. ROP only identified the suspect with the initials of his name, while Interpol has put a full description and photograph of the Pakistani accused on its website.
The suspect, Sajid Hussain, was hiding in Oman’s southern region of Dhofar after fleeing his hometown to avoid arrest.
The Dhofar Criminal Investigation Department after being tipped off by the Interpol in Islamabad, Pakistan, used their local network in the region to arrest the alleged fugitive, who is wanted by Pakistan for committing a murder with a group of other people in Punjab province in his home country.
The ROP press release said that the operation of arresting and handing over the suspect to Pakistan was part of efforts for both countries to try to fight crime with a strong hand.
