The 27-year-old was allegedly a key hyperlink in a global organised crime community, coordinating the distribution of illicit medication and money into WA.
Closely armed police swooped on the alleged "Mr Huge" of the state's drug scene, pouncing in North Macedonia and arresting Ilija Raftoski.
The previous Perth safety guard is now behind bars overseas because of WA detectives who travelled abroad.
"It is alleged this 27-year-old male led a coordinated and complex drug syndicate who have been concerned in importing giant portions of medicine into Australia," Detective Superintendent John Hutchinson from WA's Critical and Organised Crime Division stated
"We imagine it was more practical for him to be apprehended and charged there, the extradition course of takes numerous effort and numerous time.
"A few of these nations that we're coping with, the prisons are harsh environments so I hope that will be an enormous deterrent."
He got here onto the police radar throughout final yr's Operation Comstock, throughout which police allegedly seized nearly $7 million dollars in money and nearly 4 kilograms of meth and heroin.
13 Western Australians have been charged.
Police stated Raftoski by no means set foot in WA in the course of the operation, allegedly committing the crimes from North Macedonia and different components of Europe, reinforcing a powerful message from authorities.
"Irrespective of the place you might be on this planet, WA police will hunt you down and can prosecute you the place we're in a position," Hutchinson stated.