Notorious international cocaine kingpin 'El Tigre' caught in Dubai dawn raid
Alejandro Salgado Vega is alleged to be the most active Spanish drug trafficker in the world, but he's now been arrested by police while living a life of luxury in Dubai
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Police in Dubai have arrested Spain's most-wanted cocaine trafficker in a crackdown on drug traffickers in the emirate.
Dramatic footage from Spain's Civil Guard shared yesterday (Sunday, December 11) shows the moment police in Dubai surrounded the home of 44-year-old Alejandro Salgado Vega, nicknamed El Tigre (The Tiger).
The Civil Guard said it had dismantled part of the criminal organisation led by El Tigre — renowned for being "the most active Spanish drug trafficker internationally in cocaine trafficking".
In total, seven arrests were made, with the Civil Guard saying that all seven were "directly related" to a case two years ago, which saw a whopping 2,000kg of cocaine smuggled into Spain through the port of Algeciras.
