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Ex-Sgt. Eddie Hicks (FBI photo)
Ex-Chicago cop Sgt. Eddie Hicks, 68, who had been the subject of an international manhunt since 2003, was arrested in Detroit Tuesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. He fled on the eve of trial on federal drug conspiracy charges.
He appeared in federal court in Detroit on Tuesday and was ordered held. He'll be transported to Chicago to face the charges.
Hicks was charged in Chicago in 2001 with running a crew of rogue officers who robbed drug dealers, pocketed the illicit cash and sold the stolen drugs to other pushers, Jason Meisner of the Trib reports.
Hicks fled the country on the eve of his trial in 2003 and authorities believed he had gone to Brazil.
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