A suspected heroin kingpin dubbed the “Spanish Pablo Escobar” is free three days after his arrest after a judge failed to provide his lawyer with information essential to the case, ABC newspaper in Spain reported.
The suspect, identified only as Francisco HG, was arrested on Jan. 16. Police described him as the ringleader based in Toledo who made “large imports” from the Netherlands. He is accused of distributing heroin to parts of central and western Spain.
