One in all Europe's most-wanted criminals, nicknamed the "finger cutter", has been arrested in Switzerland.
Zurich cantonal police introduced on Thursday they arrested a 35-year-old Belgian that had come beneath their radar "for forging paperwork" and who had a world arrest warrant in opposition to him.
Flor Bressers had been wished by Belgian authorities since Could 2021. He had been sentenced a 12 months earlier by the Court docket of Enchantment of Antwerp to 4 years in jail for fees together with kidnapping, hostage-taking, armed theft, business and gang drug trafficking and theft.
Belgian media had given him a number of nicknames together with "finger cutter", for allegedly utilizing secateurs to chop off a drug trafficker's finger as punishment, and "De Universitair" as a result of he's believed to have a level in criminology.
A 28-year-old Dutch lady, his companion, was additionally arrested.
Patrick Céréda, head of media for Zurich Cantonal Police, instructed reporters that "within the proceedings right here in Zurich, he's accused of forging id papers on a big scale".
"Primarily based on the knowledge from overseas and the content material of the worldwide arrest warrant, we have now to imagine that the particular person is to be categorized as very harmful," he added.
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