Azerbaijan detains alleged senior figure of Turkish crime group Baris Boyun

Azerbaijani authorities have detained Mehmet Recep Demir, a Turkish national identified by prosecutors in Turkey as a senior leader of the armed organized crime group Baris Boyun, with the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office preparing an extradition request to submit to Baku.

Demir had been wanted in Turkey in connection with an ongoing investigation into the criminal syndicate and was the subject of 48 separate arrest warrants.

Following his apprehension in Azerbaijan, Demir was placed under arrest on charges of illegally crossing the state border under Azerbaijan's Criminal Code, while Turkish judicial authorities have initiated formal legal procedures to secure his extradition.