Updated 21.41 | Published 21.16
A high-ranking man in the motorcycle gang Bandidos is arrested in his absence.
According to the prosecutor, he is suspected of serious drug offenses linked to Encrochat.
The man is believed to be on the Spanish sunny coast.
The 35-year-old man is suspected of offering large quantities of narcotics for sale and mediating contact between buyers and sellers in 2020.
According to the prosecutor Peter Salzberg, the sales have been aimed at Swedish-speaking people and the Swedish market.
– I think this is an Encrochat case. It has not been judged to be such a priority based on everything that has happened, but now both the police and I have time, he says.
The man is said to have been involved in the sale of stolen narcotic drugs. According to the prosecutor, there are over 230,000 pills with, among other things, Ritalin, Ritalin, Methylphenidate, used to treat people diagnosed with ADHD. The drug is also used to treat patients with severe brain damage, severe Asperger’s syndrome, narcolepsy, severe depression that has proven resistant to antidepressants., elvanseelvanse Elvanse is a stimulant drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults, and for moderate to severe binge eating disorder in adults. and oxycodoneoxycodone Oxycodone a so-called morphine derivative; it is a semi-synthetic preparation with a strong pain-relieving effect and is derived from thebaine. It is used for long-term severe pain.
He is also suspected of having “offered” kilos of cocaine and close to a kilo of amphetamine for sale.
Lives in Marbella
According to previous preliminary investigations by the police, he belongs to the top tier of the motorcycle gang Bandidos. He has previously been convicted of, among other things, weapons offences, drug offences, vandalism, theft and doping offences.
He is now believed to be abroad.
The arrest warrant shows that the man is registered at an address in Marbella on the Spanish sunny coast. Peter Salzberg says that he has not yet been requested to be extradited.
– But if you suspect that someone is abroad, you have to issue a European arrest warrant to bring them here, he says.