A British fugitive wanted for alleged drugs and firearms offences has been arrested at Lisbon Airport when trying to enter Portugal with a fraudulent passport.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) described Alex Male, 29, as “one of the UK’s most wanted men.”
He was detained at Lisbon Airport on April 30, having just arrived on a flight from Turkey, where he had been refused entry a few hours earlier after Turkish border police noticed the document.
Male is believed to have used encrypted communications platform EncroChat to distribute class A drugs such as cocaine and ketamine across southwest UK.
Undated photo of British fugitive Alex Male, who was detained at Lisbon Airport on April 30, having just arrived on a flight from Turkey, issued by the National Crime Agency on May 2, 2022. (PA Media)
He is also accused of money laundering and conspiring to acquire a firearm as part of his drug dealing activity between April and June 2020.
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