CAPE TOWN - A SAPS National Intervention unit has arrested a convicted drug trafficker, on Interpol's wanted list.
A 41-year, Bulgarian national was handed a 16-year sentence in Romania in 2009.
He became a fugitive shortly after being sentenced.
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Stanislav Stamenov was known to be part of a larger criminal syndicate, involved in trafficking heroin into Romania.
Police believe he's been hiding in plain sight working as a gym instructor in Cape Town.
Interpol had placed him on their red notice list.
He's expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday.