According to Aftonbladet, a close ally of Majid denies the arrest. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet confirmed Majid’s arrest in Iran.
Marika Harjumaa,
Riikka Kajander
Swedish gang boss Kurdiketu, that is Rawa Majidin was reported to have been arrested in Iran at the country’s border on Sunday. The Swedish public broadcasting company SVT reported on the matter based on their own sources.
According to SVT, the arrest would have taken place on Friday. According to SVT, the Swedish police had received information about the matter through unofficial channels, but has not received confirmation of the matter from the Iranian authorities.
Now Aftonbladet-lehti says that Majid’s close ally denies that the arrest took place.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet confirmed Majid’s arrest in Iran.
Majid has been in Turkey since 2018
Rawa Majid has dual citizenship of Sweden and Turkey. Majid has founded Foxtrot, which is a criminal organization operating especially in the Uppsala region.
Majid was born in Iraq and grew up in Uppsala. Since 2018, he has been living in exile in Turkey, from where he has continued to lead the organization.
Now there is a power struggle going on in Foxtrot, which is why the violence in Sweden has accelerated. Violence is also caused by Foxtrot’s and Dalennavätvet’s intensified turf war in the drug trade.
Majid has been imprisoned in Sweden in absentia several times. For example, in September he was imprisoned on suspicion of a serious drug crime.