Alicante (EFE).- Agents of the National Police have arrested a fugitive of Bosnian nationality in Alicante who is wanted internationally for arms trafficking, drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization, for which he faces sentences totaling 28 years in prison.
According to police sources reported this Saturday, the fugitive was wanted by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina for arms trafficking and by the authorities of the Netherlands for money laundering, and was arrested when he was going to meet some relatives who had traveled to Spain to see him.
The agents of the Drug and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) of the Alicante Provincial Police Station were informed by the Fugitive Group of the General Police Police Station about the possible location in the city of Alicante of an internationally wanted fugitive.
Specifically, two arrest warrants weighed on him: an international arrest warrant for extradition (OID) by Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a European arrest and surrender warrant (OEDE) by the Netherlands.
Arrested for following his relatives
The agents found out that several relatives of the fugitive traveled from the Netherlands, on a flight from the city of Eindhoven, to the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport, and began monitoring these people that ended in the city of Alicante.
Despite the security measures taken by the fugitive’s relatives to prevent the police from finding out his whereabouts, the agents located and arrested the fugitive, based on the arrest warrants issued by the judicial authorities of the Netherlands and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Crimes that impute her
The detainee is accused by the Bosnian authorities of the crimes of drug trafficking as he is related to the transport and sale of cocaine and heroin, and of arms trafficking and criminal organization, crimes for which he could face 20 years in prison in that country.
In addition, he is accused by the Dutch authorities of the crime of money laundering, by buying several properties in the Netherlands and making deposits of large amounts of money in different bank accounts using a total of 2,400,000 euros from the commission of crimes. For these crimes he could face a sentence of eight years in prison.
The detainee, 44 years old and a Bosnian national, was placed at the disposal of the Central Investigating Court of the National Court.