2023-12-23 13:04:00
This Thursday, December 21, 2023, Koen VS, a Belgian on the run since 2020, was arrested in Spain, in Rojalies, near Alicante, the federal police said on Saturday.
The Belgian was sentenced in March 2020 by the Antwerp Court of Appeal to seven years of imprisonment with immediate arrest for his participation in acts of theft with violence, extortion, illegal deprivation of liberty, death threats, offenses against legislation on drugs, fraud and breach of trust. Absent at his trial, the man had been actively sought since then, the police said.
He had already been arrested in Spain in 2021, but was released on conditions pending extradition to Belgium. He could not be located during his actual transfer and the search had to start again.
The individual was found through a collaboration between the Belgian federal police, Europol, FAST (Fugitive Active Search Team) NL and the Spanish police services.
”In addition to Belgian justice, the Dutch authorities are also demanding the extradition of the individual. He was put behind bars in Spain pending a decision from the Spanish judicial authorities regarding his extradition to Belgium,” the police further details.
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