An alleged narco boss has been arrested while trying to blend in with the expat community in Fuengirola.

The 33-year-old, who holds German and Turkish nationality, was wanted under three European arrest warrants covering seven kidnapping offences, four drug trafficking offences and two armed robberies.

According to the Policia Nacional, he fled Germany in autumn 2025 to avoid serving a sentence and allegedly established his gang’s base of operations in Spain.

Investigators say the organisation mainly distributed cocaine and cannabis.

The suspect allegedly acted as the link between suppliers, buyers and couriers, receiving and handing over drugs and distributing money from transactions.

He also allegedly supplied couriers with vehicles fitted with hidden compartments to transport the drugs.

German authorities activated the three arrest warrants in October. Following cooperation between Spanish and German authorities, investigators located him in Fuengirola last weekend.

Officers from the UDYCO Costa del Sol organised crime unit arrested him after confirming his identity.

During the intervention, he allegedly presented a Swedish passport and driving licence carrying his photograph but bearing a different identity. Police said he had no connection to Sweden.

He appeared before Fuengirola’s duty court over the alleged document forgery and was brought before Spain’s National Court in connection with the European arrest warrants.

A judge ordered him to be held in custody pending his surrender to Germany.

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