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District Court - Montana decided to hand over to the authorities in Spain the 30-year-old Bulgarian citizen A.I.A., declared internationally wanted with a European arrest warrant.

The case against A.I.A. was initiated under the Extradition and European Arrest Warrant Act (EEAAW) following an order issued on December 1, 2022 by a court in the city of Torrelaguna - Spain in connection with criminal proceedings for drug trafficking, involvement in organized crime group and possession of illegal weapons.

According to the documents in the case, on June 6, 2022, police officers intercepted a car driven by A.I.A. on a highway in Spain and found 66 kg of marijuana in his car.

During searches of homes in Spain, other drugs were also found - hashish, cocaine, marijuana, illegal weapons and money.

A. I. A. was detained by the Spanish authorities and later released.

After the issuance of the European Arrest Warrant, at the end of December last year, A. I. A. was detained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Varshets, and at the beginning of January of this year, the District Court - Montana took a measure of remand "Detention under custody" of the A.I.A. with the aim of securing him for carrying out the proceedings for his extradition to Spain under the EZA.

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At the extradition case, A.I.A. expressed his voluntary consent to be handed over to the Spanish authorities, which he did not withdraw even after the expiration of the 3-day period for reflection given to him by law.

Therefore, after reviewing all the documents in the case and hearing again the prosecution, the requested person and his defense, the court ordered that A. I. A. be handed over to the authorities in Spain for criminal proceedings.

The Spanish authorities have provided guarantees that in the event of a conviction, the Bulgarian citizen will be returned to serve the imposed sentence in his homeland.

The court remanded A.I.A. in "custody" pending his actual surrender to Spain.

The decision of the court is final and is not subject to appeal or protest.

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