Fugitive people smuggler nicked in Coventry

A fugitive people smuggler is facing extradition to Belgium after he was tracked down by the National Crime Agency and arrested in Coventry. Asat Sulieman Mohammad, 55, was arrested by specialist NCA officers in the city last night. Mohammad, an Iraqi-born British national, was convicted of people smuggling and being a member of an organised crime group by a court in Ghent, Belgium, in January 2025. He fled before sentencing and was jailed for five years in his absence. Mohammad…