A RUSSIAN mafia gang member has been detained in Torrevieja on a European Arrest Warrant after behaving suspiciously in entrance of Guardia Civil officers.
A court docket in Gerona, Italy sentenced the 37-year-old Moldovan nationwide to 11 years behind bars in March 2022 for worldwide prison conspiracy, however he fled the nation.
The person was a member of the VOR V ZAKONE Russian prison organisation which specialised in crimes in opposition to folks by means of violence, threats and intimidation.
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He was arrested on February 28, however particulars have been solely made public on Thursday.
A Guardia Civil patrol noticed three folks on a bar-restaurant terrace and seen that one in all them tried to cover when he noticed the officers.
His behaviour prompted them to ask for some identification and he produced a faux Romanian passport.
After figuring out it was solid, he was arrested and brought to the Guardia barracks in Torrevieja the place his actual identification was revealed by way of his fingerprints.
The Guardia Civil mentioned the person had spent the final three years hiding in Spain utilizing bogus identification papers to keep away from being caught.
Their investigation nevertheless stays energetic as they test whether or not or not he maintained his prison actions within the nation.
He was jailed by a Torrevieja court docket, pending extradition proceedings.
