30.10.2026 11:53
In Düzce, fugitive convict İ.S., who had a finalized prison sentence of 16 years and 6 months for the crime of intentional injury in 2009 and had been wanted for 14 years, came under police surveillance after it was determined that he had withdrawn his retirement pension from the city. The individual, hiding in a one-room apartment in the building of a family to whom he was not related, was caught while trying to escape through the garden. The real identity of the convict, who introduced himself under another name, was revealed by a mobile fingerprint device.
In Düzce, a fugitive convict with a finalized prison sentence of 16 years and 6 months and wanted for 14 years was placed under surveillance after it was determined that he had withdrawn his retirement pension from the city. The convict, who was caught while trying to escape from the garden of the house where he was hiding and who used a fake name, had his real identity determined by fingerprint.
Teams from the Wanted Persons Bureau Office of the Public Order Branch Directorate of the Düzce Police Department conducted work to capture İ.S., who was sentenced in 2012 to 16 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of intentional injury he committed in 2009. The teams tracking the fugitive convict placed his relatives with whom he could communicate under surveillance. During the investigations, it was determined that İ.S. had withdrawn his retirement pension from Düzce.
Police teams, intensifying their work in this direction, determined that the person was hiding in a one-room apartment on the second floor of a three-story apartment building located in Darıcı Neighborhood. It was learned that the apartment building was a family apartment building, but that the person had no kinship ties with the people living there.
CAUGHT WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE GARDEN OF THE HOUSE
After physical surveillance carried out in the area, police teams took action on Thursday, October 29. İ.S. was caught on the spot while trying to escape in the garden of the house where he was staying.
USED A FAKE NAME, FINGERPRINT GAVE HIM AWAY
The real identity of the person, who introduced himself as "Ali Osman Karagül" when he was caught, also emerged as a result of the query made by police teams with a mobile fingerprint device. It was confirmed that the person was İ.S., who had been wanted for 14 years and had a finalized prison sentence of 16 years and 6 months.
İ.S., whose procedures at the police station were completed, was handed over to Çilimli Closed Penal Institution.