Ontario Provincial Police say a federal offender who had been unlawfully at large since January 2023 has been arrested in Colombia.
The OPP said Arif Jhuman was located and arrested in Medellín by Colombian police.
Police say Jhuman had been unlawfully at large since Jan. 24, 2023.
According to authorities, Jhuman is serving a sentence of nine years and 11 months for multiple drug-related offences, including possession of Schedule I or II substances for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking in a Schedule I or II substance, and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
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Jhuman was named in an indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice for his role
Jhuman was named in a U.S. Department of Justice indictment in late 2025 alleging his involvement in an international firearms trafficking conspiracy. Prosecutors in Florida accused him and four other suspects, including two fellow Canadians, of trafficking and conspiring to traffic more than 100 firearms from Florida to Canada between 2023 and 2024.
According to the DOJ, 29 of those firearms were later recovered at crime scenes across Canada, including in homicide investigations.
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In a video posted to social media by Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez and Medellin police, heavily armed police are seen taking Jhuman into custody at a gym.
“CRIMINAL IN MEDELLÍN: CANADIAN SUSPECT WANTED BY INTERPOL. A man known by the alias “Gillani,” who was the subject of an Interpol notice for alleged drug trafficking and illegal firearms trafficking, was detained in Medellín and turned over to the relevant authorities to proceed with his extradition process,” Medellin police said.
In a post translated from Spanish, Gutiérrez said that Jhuman was going by the alias “Gillani,” at the time of his arrest. He said the takedown was a joint operation between Colombia’s narcotics squad, Interpol, and other international agencies.
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