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Monday, March 30, 2015

How Turkish ecstasy baron Dogan 'Doctor Drugs' Alagoz escaped prison with dodgy fax

How Turkish ecstasy baron Dogan 'Doctor Drugs' Alagoz escaped prison with dodgy fax

By Uzay Bulut
March 30, 2015 16:57 BST

Dogan Alagoz, one of Turkey's most notorious drugs barons, has managed to escape the clutches of the country's prison system - and caused huge embarrassment to its legal system in the process.

Alagoz was released from Silivri prison in Istanbul on 16 January, after an accomplice sent a fake fax bearing the insignia of the Turkish appeal court, ordering the convict's release. The authorities did not realise their mistake until a month later, when a prosecutor noticed the error while checking the release verdicts.

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