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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Australia sentences ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ to 16 years in prison

An Australian court has sentenced Tse Chi Lop, the kingpin of an international drug trafficking syndicate, to 16 years in prison.

Tse, 62, a Canadian crime boss once compared to Mexican drug lords Pablo Escobar and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was arrested in Amsterdam in 2021 on an Interpol notice from Australia.

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