By Libya Herald staff.
Tripoli, 13 February 2014:
Khaled Jadhran, one of the brothers of Cyrenaican break-away leader Ibrahim Jadhran, is awaiting extradition . . .[restrict]to Libya following his arrest in Dubai on charges of trying to illegally sell Libyan oil.
“A delegation from the Prosecutor’s Office is preparing go to the UAE to bring him back,” head of investigations at the General Prosecutor’s Office, Siddiq Al-Sour, told the Libya Herald. “He’ll be here within days.”
Khaled was arrested in January while trying to renew his passport at the Libyan embassy in Dubai. The arrest came after the Libyan government requested a red notice – the equivalent of an international arrest warrant – through interpol. His name on Interpol was listed as Khaled Awed.
“The charges he faces are smuggling oil, stealing public money and forming gangs,” Sour said. He added that these charges had been brought against Khaled by the General Prosecutor’s Office, not the government.
“We have accused three people: Khaled and Ibrahim Jadhran and a member of the Cyrenaica government Omar Masoud Abdul Hafid Qaddafi,” he said. He added that Ibrahim Jadhran and Qaddafi could not be arrested “because they were in Cyrenaica.”
A close family member denied the charges against Khaled, saying: “He wasn’t involved in anything to do with Cyranaica, he is a businessman.” The relative added that he had been released on bail, which he claimed had been paid by a member of Dubai’s ruling family.
“He is now free in Dubai, but his passport was taken,” he said. “Khaled has a travel document allowing him to make one journey and is now waiting for the Libyan prosecutors to report to the Dubai authorities about the charges.” [/restrict]
