Getting a fugitive returned to Canada when there is no extradition treaty is possible, though more challenging, legal experts say.

Wolfpack gang killer Rabih Alkhalil was arrested in Qatar last week, according to several Postmedia sources. None of the Gulf States have bilateral extradition treaties with Canada.

The RCMP is neither confirming nor commenting publicly on the arrest of the 38-year-old, who broke out of a B.C. jail on July 21, 2022.

Criminologist Yvon Dandurand, a professor emeritus at the University of the Fraser Valley, said the RCMP would have to remain silent while negotiations were underway between Canada and Qatar, or any country.

“It may well be that something is in development right now, and RCMP and others are not in a position to comment because it might compromis

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