4.6m ecstacy bust in Spain
11/10/2005 15:20  - (SA)  

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Madrid - Spanish police said they arrested a Dutchman believed to be the head of a gang that introduced about 4.6 million Ecstasy pills into the United States, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

The man, identified only as Ronald H, 44, was arrested on Monday in the southern coastal town of Benalmadena. He was carrying fake identity papers.

Dutch police believe he is the head of a group which sent about 4.6 million Ecstasy pills to the United States by sea between 2000 and 2004, said the interior ministry.

It added that so far this year 15 members of the gang had been arrested and their trial had already begun in a Dutch regional court.

The detainee was taken to the national court in Madrid where his almost-certain extradition to the Netherlands was to be processed.

- AP

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