Drug lord Dorian Petroku arrested in Dubai, he had escaped from a community in Nola

'Diabolik's' right-hand man captured in Dubai. Dorian Petoku, a notorious Albanian drug trafficker and close associate of Fabrizio Piscitelli, has been arrested by the Guardia di Finanza in Dubai.

The capture, the result of close international collaboration, puts an end to the fugitive status of the man who escaped from a rehabilitation center in December 2023. Petoku, convicted of international drug trafficking, will be extradited to Italy to serve his sentence.

The internationally wanted Albanian drug trafficker was located thanks to cooperation between the Guardia di Finanza and the United Arab Emirates police.

Dorian Petoku is the Albanian drug lord and friend of Fabrizio Piscitelli, the 'Diabolik' of the Lazio Curva Nord killed with a gunshot on 7 August 2019 -, was arrested by the Guardia di Finanza, on behalf of the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Rome, in Dubai where he had taken refuge after escaping from the rehabilitation community of Nola, in the province of Naples, where he had been transferred by the judicial authorities despite the contrary opinions of the Rome prosecutor's office.

 Petroku was a friend of Daniele Piscitelli “Diabolik”

He was in the United Arab Emirates after escaping, in December 2023, from a rehabilitation community where he had been held in execution of a prison sentence handed down to him, in the first instance, for international drug trafficking in the 'Grande Raccordo Criminale' trial.

The operation is the result of international cooperation promoted by the GICO specialists of the Economic and Financial Police Unit of Rome, with the support of the Officer of the Expert Security Corps at the Italian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), under the constant coordination of the Capitoline DDA.

As part of the cooperation, detailed information on the location of the drug trafficker was shared with the Emirati counterparts, thus facilitating his tracking down carried out directly by the UAE Police. Dubai (Most Wanted Person Department Dubai Police).

Despite his escape to foreign territory, the Guardia di Finanza has acquired several elements of knowledge on the movements and location of the escapee, and has held specific and effective discussions with the competent collateral bodies. Petoku, arrested, at the end of the relative extradition process, will be accompanied to our country where he can serve the prison sentence received.