24 Nov, 2017 @ 13:28
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Andalucia dad who abducted his three children busted with cache of weapons and €250,000

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A FATHER who abducted his three children has been caught with a huge cache of weapons and €250,000 in cash. 

Dad Antonio Jesus MC, absconded from Jaen with his 19-month-old baby and two other children, 4 and 11, on Saturday.

But he was found by Portugese police on Wednesday night in the border town of Vila Real de Santo Antonio.

The suspect, who left with the children following an argument with his wife, was found with a hunting rifle, two pistols, machete, several mobile phones and €250,000 in cash.

He also had passports and IDs for his children and wife.

Police believe he planned to leave the Iberian Peninsula.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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