DENPASAR, Indonesia — Indonesian police stated Sunday they may escort again to Italy an Italian-Australian fugitive who was arrested on Indonesia’s vacationer island of Bali after seven years on the run in reference to drug trafficking and arranged crime.

Antonio Strangio, 32, appeared on Interpol’s “purple discover” checklist when he was stopped and detained in Bali on Feb. 3 after arriving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Bali police spokesperson Satake Bayu Setianto cited security causes in refusing to say when Strangio will probably be deported to Italy, the place he is needed on expenses of trafficking 160 kilograms (352 kilos) of marijuana. The suspect was proven to reporters at an airport information convention given by the police and was escorted to the departure corridor on Sunday afternoon.

Strangio is allegedly linked to the ’ndrangheta mafia, thought-about by Italian prosecutors to be crucial prison group within the Western world.

“For the ’ndrangheta itself, there are particular operations between European international locations, and all of its members are purple discover topics who should be held accountable for trials of their respective international locations,” Anggaito Hadi Prabowo, an official from the Indonesian nationwide police worldwide relations division, informed reporters.