A major international fugitive - and alleged Eastern European mafia boss has been caught in Belize.
This morning, 42 year old Karol Mello a citizen of the Slovak Republic who is wanted by Interpol was brought in from San Pedro to Belize City in handcuffs.
Mello was reportedly in San Pedro where, reports say, he was operating a business.
He was caught yesterday on Pescador Drive in San Pedro after months of being sought in Belize.
He is an alleged mafia boss wanted for setting up a double murder in 2004.
After successfully eluding arrest for six years, Polish special police forces arrested Mello in Krakow in October 2010 but he was released from custody last May by a Slovak courts, reportedly due to procedural errors.
Now he is being sought on a European and international arrest warrant.
The Slovak special prosecutor has also announced that he believes Mello was involved in the murder of the alleged boss of the Bratislava underworld.
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