Ahmed Tapisch, notorious brigand leader and Safed riot instigator, was captured today in Transjordania and brought to Acre prison under a British escort which included armed cars. Recently prominent Arabs signed a petition asking that Transjordania should not extradite him to Palestine as he was only a political fugitive.
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