A Liverpool man arrested in Greece as part of a suspected international cocaine cartel is wanted in connection with the brutal kidnapping and burning of a man in the UK.
West Midlands Police (WMP) have confirmed the 44-year-old, detained in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on June 9, is a suspect in the murder of Polish national Tomasz Samel. The 45-year-old was kidnapped by men, wearing high-visibility vests and pretending to be Interpol officers on March 27, 2019, after they knocked at his home in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Mr Samel was escorted into a white Peugeot Boxer van at around 8.45am and driven 80 miles to West Lancashire. At around 10.45pm, he banged on the front door of a house in Bickerstaffe, begging for help having suffered devastating burns.
