Alex Trelinski
THE head of an international drugs smuggling gang branded as ‘The Eels’, has been arrested in Los Alcazares in Spain’s Murcia region.
His detention by the Policia Nacional came after a two-year probe in collaboration with the Lithuanian and Polish police.
‘The Eels’ had established a reputation for maintaining great secrecy over their activities which made them difficult to track down.
The arrested Lithuanian boss passed himself off as a tourist to mingle unnoticed around Los Alcazares.
His deputy was arrested in Alicante Province for running two marijuana farms.
Police detained a second man in Murcia in addition to five arrests in Lithuania and one in Poland.
24 co-ordinated searches were done in Spain, Lithuania, and Poland.
Besides the nine arrests, five guns; €50,000 in cash; and drugs were seized by police officers.
The gang had been operating across the continent for 15 years.
They used Spain as a base to distribute drugs to other countries via boats, cars, and lorries.
