A BENIDORM restaurant proprietor was arrested after his enterprise was robbed as a result of French authorities wished him extradited for a cash laundering conviction.
It was a day to overlook for the 58-year-old Spaniard- prompted by three burglars plundering his premises.
Policia Nacional officers responded to an emergency name a few break-in going down on the unnamed restaurant.
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The three males had been caught red-handed exterior, clutching a number of bottles of alcohol and different objects.
They accessed the constructing by climbing over a wall and the Spaniards had been arrested and charged with theft.
When the officers got here to examine particulars of the restaurateur, they found that France had issued a warrant for his arrest and extradition over a conviction courting again to a 2017 crime.
The person was stopped in Could that yr by French police at a checkpoint with €249,000 in money hidden in his automobile.
He claimed he was returning to Spain from a visit to Brussels, however officers discovered he had been in Amsterdam.
The Spaniard was tried in France and jailed for 3 years however fled after being convicted of laundering cash produced from drug trafficking.
The Nationwide Courtroom in Madrid is now processing the French extradition request.
