BOGOTA, April 30 (Reuters) - Colombian police will not arrest former Real Madrid and Corinthians midfielder Freddy Rincon because the South American nation has no extradition treaty with Panama where he is wanted on drug-related charges.
"The Interpol circular is for a preventive detention pending extradition," director of Judicial Police and Criminal Investigations Jorge Rodriguez told reporters on Thursday.
"So if we can't extradite Colombians to Panama and if there are no warrants out for him here then we can't arrest him."
Interpol re-issued an arrest warrant for the retired player earlier this week on charges of money-laundering and criminal conspiracy relating to drugs.