9 Oct, 2019 @ 10:18
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FINNISHED: Most wanted gang boss captured on Spain’s Costa del Sol after evading Finland police for two years

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EL FIN: For Finnish former gang boss Tranberg
Tranberg
EL FIN: For Finnish former gang boss Tranberg

A FORMER Finnish gang boss has reportedly been captured on the Costa del Sol after going on the run for two years. 

Janne ‘Nacci’ Tranberg was arrested in Estepona on Monday more than two years after he was sentenced to jail time.

Tranberg, former leader of the Cannonball gang, was arrested on an European Arrest Warrant.

He failed to serve 649 days in prison after being charged with gross tax evasion.

He was also arrested after being convicted of another crime in absentia at Helsinki District Court, according to respected Finnish newspapaer Sanomat.

It will take between two weeks and a month to extradite Tranberg to Finland.

He was captured thanks to collaboration between Spanish and Finnish police.

Cannonball MC was a motorcycle club and criminal gang founded in 1991 and many of its members were tied to a series of crimes, from aggravated assault and drug trafficking to various financial crimes.

The club broke apart in 2017 due to internal disagreements, sources in Finland say, however most members are believed to have joined other pre-existing clubs.

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.
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