Agents of the National Police have ddetained in Mijas a 40-year-old fugitives under a valid European arrest and surrender warrant (EAW) issued by the Belgian authorities for a crime of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organization.
The investigated, after being sentenced to eight years in prison, fled to Spain to avoid admission to a prison. He was included in the Enfast network as one of the most wanted fugitives in the Belgian country.
As reported by the Provincial Police Station in a statement, through a business network dedicated to the transport of goods and people, the network to which the now detainee belonged distributed narcotic substances -cocaine and heroin- to different European countries.
In fact, in 2011 was related to the transport of 172.80 kilograms of cocaine and, later, in 2013, he was convicted of belonging to a criminal organization that sent more than 1,000 kilograms of heroin.
After being sentenced by the Belgian authorities to serve eight years in prison for a crime of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organization, fled to Spain to avoid entering a penitentiary center. The Belgian authorities then proceeded to request an OEDE to serve the said sentence.
The fugitive has been located and arrested on August 30, around 6:15 p.m., in the municipality of Mijas. This person adopted important security measures to avoid being located, even reaching use false documentation.