Irish fugitive wanted for kidnap and theft arrested near Alicante-Elche airport
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 @ 11:13 PM
AN IRISHMAN who kidnapped an entire family to steal their van in his home country has been arrested near Alicante airport after going on the run with fake ID.
The van held 134,000 Irish pounds in cash at the time, and the kidnap and theft is just one of 11 crimes the accused faces trial for, among which are illegal possession of firearms and forming part of an organised criminal gang.
He is expected to be handed two life sentences if found guilty, and has been under a European arrest warrant since he fled the Republic of Ireland several years ago.
The accused, who has not been named, had been hiding out on the Costa Blanca and was caught near El Altet (Alicante-Elche) airport whilst he was waiting in his car for someone.
The latest crime was in Dublin in 2010, after he and an accomplice had been keeping watch over a man who had access to vans with blacked-out windows for carrying large sums in cash to banks and safe deposits.
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