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Was Arkan ever arrested?

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Arkan, also known as Željko Ražnatović, was indeed arrested in 1974 while attempting to sell gold coins that he had stolen during a bank robbery in Belgium. He confessed and served a 3-year sentence before returning to Yugoslavia, where he later formed the paramilitary group "Serbian Volunteer Guard" (SDG), known for its involvement in the Yugoslav Wars during the 1990s.
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