A MAFIA boss notorious for his permanent erection has been arrested after seven years on the run.

Francesco Castriotta, 42, was under house arrest awaiting trial when he scarpered in 2009.

1 Drug king Castriotta has been seized after seven years on the run

He had begged a woman judge in Milan not to remand him to jail because of his painful condition, called priapism.

The drug king, who sobbed in court as he clutched a bag of ice to his groin, claimed it had been caused by years of cocaine-snorting.

He said other lags would take the mickey.

The judge took pity on him — only for him to flee his Milan home.

Italian cops yesterday said the fugitive mobster had finally been seized in El Vendrell, Spain.

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One joked: “He can expect a stiff penalty when he returns to Italy."

Castriotta had been tried in his absence and got 20 years in jail.