In tracksuitbut with €3,300 on top and a small amount of hashish Y dope. She arrived at the hotel in the neighborhood of Funny from Barcelona where he was hiding and there several incognito patrols of the Mossos d’Esquadra. This is how the Catalan police arrested an important intermediary in drug trafficking in Madrid on April 13.
In March of this year, one of the operations in which he participated failed. This caused the 25-year-old man to be concerned about his personal safety. In prevention of possible rematches, he traveled to the Dutch town of rotterdamtogether with another individual with the intention of acquiring several Firearmsthe Mossos have explained in a statement.
Sentenced in Germany and with an arrest warrant
The arrested person had a pending European arrest warrant (OED) issued by the german authorities. The Public Prosecutor’s Office stuttgart I was looking for him drug trafficserious injuries and possession of narcotics. All these crimes had been committed in 2019 and, for this reason, he was serving a sentence in Germany.
The German police services warned that the trafficker was “very dangerous”. What is more, they issued an alert to the police forces so that the agents take extreme security measures at the time of a possible arrest, since it was very possible that he was carrying weapons and had one hostile reaction before a police action.
Mossos investigation
Based on the information available, the Fugitive Active Investigation Group (GRAF) of the Mossos d’Esquadra launched an investigation to locate and arrest him. The police investigations bore fruit and finally they were able to place him in a hotel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.
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The arrest occurred while the individual was waiting for the elevator. In a video distributed by the Catalan police, it can be seen how he enters the hotel and in the ‘hall’ there are two incognito agents following his trail. At the time of the arrest, more patrols acted given the warning that he could act violently.
The detainee has entered prison pending his extradition to Germany.