ARCHIVED - Two Most Wanted criminals arrested in Spain in less than a week
The fugitives, wanted for murder and attempted murder, had both been hiding out in Spain for years
The Spanish authorities have arrested two highly dangerous international fugitives featured on Europol’s ‘Most Wanted’ list in the space of a week.
On Friday February 24, Romanian murderer Petrisor Lupu was collared by the Guardia Civil in the Girona town of Vilifant. Considered the most dangerous criminal in his home country, the 41-year-old fled to Spain in 2016 after being sentenced to 17 years for stabbing a rival gang member to death at a wedding.
Just a few days later, 25-year-old Josip Mihajlović was picked up at a Madrid hotel on his way to meet his girlfriend. The Croatian fugitive, described by Europol as having “a very violent profile” had been on the run for three years after shooting a Dubrovnik taxi driver in July 2019.
The Spanish Home Office reported that Mihajlović was carrying forged identity documents when he was eventually captured on Monday February 27. He “was involved in serious crimes that caused great social alarm in Croatia and for which he faces life imprisonment”, a spokesperson added.
Meanwhile, the authorities in Spain and the UK continue to collaborate on the search for the seven remaining fugitives on Britain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. Six of the notorious offenders have already been brought to justice but several of the violent criminals remain at large, most of whom are believed to be hiding out in the Costa del Sol and the Canary Islands.
Image: Europol
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