A drug trafficker who managed to evade capture for 15 years by cutting and burning the skin of his fingertips and having it replaced with micro-implants has been arrested by Spanish police. The man, who has not been named, was arrested on Tuesday by officers from the national police force in the city of Getafe, near Madrid. “As well as cutting and burning, he had used micro-implants of skin. He used skin implants to change the shape of his prints so that the scars beneath couldn’t be detected. “Officers have managed to ascertain that the arrested man travelled to Morocco on numerous occasions over the past few months, presumably to engage in activities related to drug-trafficking,” said the statement.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 15:45 UTC