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Date Published: 20/04/2022
ARCHIVED - French fugitive on the run since 2009 is arrested in Alicante
The detainee allegedly tried to smuggle 18 kilos of cannabis from Algeria to Alicante
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National Police in Alicante have arrested a 38-year-old French fugitive wanted by the Algerian authorities since 2009 for a drug trafficking offence.
The detainee allegedly belonged to a criminal gang involved in drug smuggling from Algeria to Spain, and was subject to an International Arrest Warrant for Extradition for trying to traffick 18 kilos of cannabis into Alicante Port.
According to the arrest warrant issued by INTERPOL, the fugitive, together with other individuals, attempted to smuggle the drugs hidden inside a vehicle on board a ship that left the port of Algeria destined for the Costa Blanca back in 2007.
The French man was located and arrested during a police checkpoint deployed in Alicante by officers from the Citizen Security Brigade of Alicante Provincial Police Station.
He has appeared before the Central Court of Instruction of the National High Court in Alicante which has begun the procedure for his extradition.
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