The National Police today arrested Manuel Bellido in Madrid, the largest currency counterfeiter in Spain and one of the ten most wanted fugitives on the list that had been published for 48 hours to try to locate these fugitives.

Thanks to the information provided by the Police, a citizen was able to identify the suspect and indicate his place of residence in Madrid.

A national police officer assigned to the Mobile Brigade reported this afternoon that a person had indicated the possible location and address of Manuel Bellido Moreno thanks to the dissemination of the National Police's most wanted list.

After knowing his alleged whereabouts, a surveillance was established around the home, and at the moment the fugitive left it, the agents tried to arrest him.

However, the police had to take refuge in the building's portal and wait for the intervention of reinforcements from the UPR, since residents of the building began to reprimand them and actively tried to prevent the arrest.

Manuel Bellido Moreno was sentenced in a final judgment to a sentence of nine years in prison for the crime of issuing and distributing counterfeit currency.

He was wanted by eight courts and had an international extradition order.

He is considered the largest currency counterfeiter in Spain, and is accused of being a member of a criminal organization dedicated to counterfeiting high value bills, where Bellido would have as main function the distribution of counterfeit currency throughout Spain during the year 2013. He has 46 years and had easy access to elements to falsify documentation, credit cards and traveler's checks among others, which makes identification difficult.

Last Monday the National Police launched a campaign to locate ten fugitives wanted by different national and international courts.

Fugitives with different criminal profiles were included in the list of the most wanted, some of them wanted and captured for more than 15 years, and who could be hiding in our country.

Citizen collaboration can be decisive for their location, which is why a specific email address, losmasbuscados@policia.es, has been set up so that citizens who believe they have any data that could lead to their location can communicate it to the investigators in a confidential.

In addition, any information about his whereabouts can be communicated through 091.

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