Rome, April 13 (IANS) Italy is seeking to extradite ex-senator Marcello Dell'Utri, a mafia linked suspect and Silvio Berlusconi's former political ally, who was arrested in Leba**n, Italian Interior Minister Angeli** Alfa** said Saturday. "Mr Dell'Utri is currently held in Lebanese police ******s. He was tracked down in Beirut by Lebanese authorities, which are in contact with Italian police in compliance with the international arrest warrant," Xinhua quoted Alfa** as saying. Justice Minister Andrea Orlando was reportedly expected to put his signature and give the go ahead to the request of extradition within a few hours.