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Date Published: 19/09/2022
ARCHIVED - Cocaine smuggler wanted in Germany arrested in Alicante
The suspect faces 15 years in prison after being nabbed in Benidorm

The National Police in Alicante have arrested a German fugitive in Benidorm who is wanted in his home country for trafficking 1.5 kilograms of cocaine. A European arrest warrant was issued for the suspect after he disappeared from Germany and the authorities there tipped the Spanish police that he may have been hiding out in the Alicante coastal town.
According to official reports, the detainee is accused of first buying half a kilo of cocaine for 15,750 euros back in April 2020, which he then sold on the streets of Hamburg. The following month, he spent another 31,000 euros on a kilo of narcotics, which he also sold in the German city.
Spanish police tracked him to Benidorm where he was arrested at the weekend and placed at the disposal of the Alicante Court of Instruction. The 31-year-old suspect was born in the Dominican Republic and has a previous record in Spain.
He now faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in Germany.
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