Accused drug lord Mostafa Baluch is extradited to Sydney

Accused drug lord Mostafa Baluch is on his way back to Sydney after a Queensland court approved his extradition to NSW.

Baluch's bid for freedom ended when he was found hiding in a grey Mercedes concealed in a shipping container being transported on the back of a truck.

The fugitive had been on the run from police when he was nabbed during a botched bid to cross the Queensland border on Wednesday morning.

Sixteen days earlier, he cut off an ankle monitor while on bail and sparked 'one of the largest fugitive hunts in the country'.