PHOTOS: a cinematic chase on the rooftops of Budapest

The National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) of the Hungarian Police Service has apprehended wanted foreigners hiding in Budapest, based on information provided by US law enforcement agencies.

Investigation based on US information

According to information received from US investigators, the two men were believed to be hiding together in Budapest. Their exact whereabouts have been identified by officers of the National Bureau of Investigation. After planning the operation, they raided the Hungarian capital’s Podmaniczky Street on 6 July.

A chase fit for a movie

A man wanted for drug trafficking tried to escape from the police by climbing on the roof of a block of flats. However, the escape did not go as planned, as units of the Riot Police Enforcement Team (BTO) caught up with the man on the roof and arrested him.

The officers then searched the house, during which they found suspected drug paraphernalia.

Both men are wanted in the United States on international arrest warrants. One of them is wanted for economic offences and the other for drug trafficking, police.hu reports.

Milesh T., a 32-year-old dual Australian-Indian citizen, wanted for economic crimes, was sentenced in the United States to 3 years and 1 month imprisonment. Michael Andrew D. V., 25, a US citizen wanted for drug trafficking and extremely dangerous and lethal fentanyl-related offences, faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Both men have been detained by the Hungarian police and the verdict on their extradition will be taken later.