A Belgian teenager accused of carrying out a fatal gangland shooting outside a cannabis club in Fuengirola has disappeared before standing trial.
The suspect is accused of murdering 25-year-old Jasin Ajar in December 2024 in what investigators believe was a botched contract killing linked to organised crime networks from the Netherlands.
According to the investigation, the accused travelled to the Costa del Sol with instructions to kill a specific target connected to the criminal underworld.
Police believe he waited outside a cannabis club wearing a hood and face covering before opening fire with a semi-automatic weapon.
Investigators say he fired up to 18 shots, but killed the wrong man.
The victim, Jasin Ajar, had reportedly moved to Malaga for a gap year and was working at the cannabis club at the time of the attack.
The investigation was led by the Policia Nacional Udyco unit in Malaga under the supervision of Fuengirola’s Court of Instruction Number 4.
Officers reconstructed the shooting, identified the alleged gunman and linked the case to a wider organised crime network operating across several European countries.
The operation resulted in multiple arrests.
One suspect was detained in Torremolinos shortly after the shooting, while another alleged accomplice was later shot dead by police in Amsterdam after reportedly opening fire on officers attempting to arrest him.
Three women were also arrested over allegations they transported the murder weapon from Paris to the Costa del Sol.
The alleged shooter was eventually arrested in Ghent in June 2025 under a European arrest warrant.
Although he had already turned 18 by that point, the case continued through Spain’s juvenile justice system because he was still a minor when the crime was allegedly committed.
The teenager was initially held in a closed detention centre for nine months, the maximum preventive detention period permitted before trial under Spain’s juvenile system.
Once that period expired, he was released.
According to judicial sources cited by El Pais, no precautionary measures were requested at the time of his release.
The suspect reportedly left custody without being required to regularly report to court, without passport confiscation and without any travel restrictions. He is now untraceable.
The court has reportedly asked police to attempt to locate him, although no formal international arrest warrant has yet been issued.
The case has drawn comparisons with the disappearance of alleged Mocro Maffia figure Karim Bouyakhrichan, who vanished last year after being released on bail in Spain despite prosecutors warning of a serious flight risk.
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