Opole gangster arrested after three years in hiding

A 38-year-old man wanted for a year by the District Prosecutor's Office in Opole and courts in Katowice and Bielsko-Biała was arrested by officers of the Targeted Search Unit of the Regional Police Headquarters in Katowice. He was subject to a European Arrest Warrant for participation in a criminal group trading hundreds of kilograms of marijuana, amphetamine, MDMA and mephedrone. He also faces charges of threats, robberies and car arsons committed for extortion.