The fugitive was sentenced to life imprisonment as head of an organization dedicated to the distribution of large quantities of cocaine in Scotland
Agents of the National Police have arrested in the town of Arona (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) a fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom.
The investigation began last April when the NCA -National Crime Agency- British informed the agents specialized in locating fugitives of the National Police of the possible escape to our country of a fugitive.
The fugitive was wanted by the United Kingdom for events that occurred in 2022 after being sentenced to life imprisonment for being the leader of a criminal organization that, based in Scotland, was dedicated to the production and storage of large shipments of cocaine and diamorphine, as well as its subsequent distribution throughout Scotland.
The agents carried out multiple efforts in several Spanish cities such as Alicante, Malaga and Ibiza until he was located on the island of Tenerife where, finally, he was located and detained in the town of Arona.