Jos Leijdekkers — also known as "Omar Sheriff" and "Chubby Jos" — is accused of trafficking cocaine and ordering a murder.

Sierra Leone has received an extradition request from the Netherlands for Jos Leijdekkers, a convicted cocaine smuggler. This request involves discussion in court as no extradition treaty exists ...

The Netherlands has requested the extradition of Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious drug criminal, from Sierra Leone. High-level ...

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The convicted cocaine smuggler, one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, enjoys high-level protection in the West African ...

Sierra Leone has launched a manhunt for the Dutch fugitive Jos Leijdekkers, also known as Bolle Jos. The police asked locals ...

The Sierra Leonean police says it has made a discovery that the individual seen in videos and photos in close proximity to ...

President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone says he does not know who Jos Leijdekkers is. The Dutch criminal known as Bolle ...

The public prosecution office has confirmed that the Netherlands’ most wanted drugs criminal Jos Leijdekkers, aka Bolle Jos (chunky Jos), is hiding out in Sierra Leone following reports by ...

The Netherlands has formally requested the extradition of convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious figure in international ...

Dutch authorities say one of Europe's most-wanted fugitives has been living in Sierra Leone for about six months. Jos Leijdekkers, 33, was sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison on 25 June last ...

Sierra Leone's information ministry said on Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefitting from high-level protection there.