Spain seeks ‘the poppy’s Messi’, one of the EU’s dangerous fugitives

Abdellah El Haj Sadek El Menbri takes part in the EU’s “Most Wanted” campaign, where the European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams, supported by Europol, called for citizen cooperation to arrest more than fifty “chiefs” of organized crime groups. Three are considered “dangerous”, including five claimed by Spain.

One of them is a 38-year-old Moroccan wanted. for being the so-called leader of a dedicated international organization massive drug trade crimes and money laundering and possession of firearms” and is “currently” considered the “head of the largest cannabis trafficking organizations in Spain” in the Campo de Gibraltar region.

According to the Spanish Police, his organization is “specialised. Introducing cannabis from northern Morocco to Spainmainly by powerful and high-speed boats”.

“Messi with the Poppy” escaped for the last time in March 2019, publishing a letter announcing his intention to disappear due to “enormous police repression” in the Campo area of ​​Gibraltar. In the Spanish province of Cádiz – and he said he found it “unbearable”.

He hadn’t appeared in court for at least two days, as he should have done every day..

This was one of the conditions along with the payment. 80.000 euro depositThis Moroccan, awaiting trial, was temporarily released after surrendering to the Spanish authorities in November 2017.

His arrest came after he spent some time on the run in Morocco. returned to Spain to surrender voluntarilyIn a controversial agreement with the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office, he allowed her conditional release to stand trial.