The official Bratislava has requested from the interim authorities in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) the extradition of drug boss Baki Sadiki, an ethnic-Albanian with Slovak citizenship, Slovak news agency TASR reported.

The ministry filed a request for the extradition of Sadiki (62), for whom an Interpol warrant has been issued. The ministry found out that Sadiki has been staying in Kosovo since May 5, 2010, Slovak Justice Ministry spokesman Michal Jurci stated.

The information was not published so as not to obstruct the arrest, he added. Bratislava requests Sadiki's extradition based on the charges of illegal drug production in Slovakia, whereas it had earlier been known that he was wanted for the smuggling of 120 kg of heroine from Turkey to Poland and Slovakia three years ago.

Sadiki has lived in Slovakia since 1982, and based on his marriage to a Slovak woman, he obtained the Slovak passport in 2002.