0:00:02 > 0:00:04- Come on. - On the run...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Get back here! - ..and over here.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Hands out now, hands out.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11When foreign criminals flee their home countries,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13many hide out in the UK...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Give me your hands.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17..but if they think they're safe, they're wrong.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19They know they're wanted.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22A lot of these people are waiting for that knock on the door.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26But the traffic in fugitives isn't all one-way.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Across Europe, there are hundreds of British criminals
0:00:29 > 0:00:31also trying to escape justice.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34From the sun-drenched Costas
0:00:34 > 0:00:38to the busy streets of the Dutch capital,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42this is how the police take down the fugitives...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44You're under arrest under the Extradition Act 2003.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Police officer!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48..both at home, and abroad.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56On today's programme...
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Get down, now. Tom!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00..the criminal who thought he'd found
0:01:00 > 0:01:03the perfect place to dodge the law,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08and Spanish police pay a surprise visit to a Merseyside gangster
0:01:08 > 0:01:13who'd gone to extreme lengths to stay on the run for 13 years.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15He was obviously very well-resourced,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17he was obviously very well-prepared,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and he was determined to stay hidden.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29London, home to almost nine million people.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Hidden amongst them,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36fugitives wanted for crimes committed across the world.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40It's the job of a specialist team of detectives
0:01:40 > 0:01:43to find them and bring them to justice.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48This is the Metropolitan Police Extradition Unit.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50The unit is a manhunt unit,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54trying to track down people that are wanted in foreign countries
0:01:54 > 0:01:57for a wide range of serious crime.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59It's valuable work because it makes a difference
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and takes dangerous people off the streets.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Over a period of more than a year, we filmed them
0:02:05 > 0:02:08as they tracked down fugitives who thought they could escape the law.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Right, can we just run through these jobs we've got for this evening?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20The first one we're going to go out on is Kamil Borkowski,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22who's wanted for a murder in Poland.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Detective Sergeant Pete Rance and DC Jamie Derby
0:02:26 > 0:02:29are planning an operation in south-west London.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34The target is a man they've arrested before,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36but who was subsequently released.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42He's since been convicted in his absence of murder by a Polish court.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The last time we were there, he was hiding under some stairs or...
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- He was hiding in a cupboard. - So when we get there, me and you
0:02:49 > 0:02:52make the approach to the door with Christophe,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and if you guys can cover the back,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57make sure there's nothing going on round the back, all right?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Everyone happy with their roles when we get to the first address?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Yes.- Everyone good to go?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Yes.- Smashing.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Pete and Jamie are part of a team of more than 20 detectives
0:03:08 > 0:03:10who make up the Extradition Unit.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16They've been tracking Kamil Borkowski for years.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17We've had the job a little while.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20He was initially accused of the murder,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22he's now been convicted of the murder,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24he's got three years to serve,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27so we've refreshed our intelligence checks on it, and...
0:03:28 > 0:03:31..we're pretty confident that he's going to be at the address
0:03:31 > 0:03:34where he's registered as living at the moment.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38The identified address we're looking at is a ground floor flat.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41We'll deploy shortly around the rear, just to see if there's
0:03:41 > 0:03:44any chance of having a look inside the property from outside.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Somebody that's wanted for murder in a foreign jurisdiction...
0:03:50 > 0:03:52..it goes without saying that that person presents a risk to...
0:03:52 > 0:03:55..to us in the United Kingdom.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05They quickly check the area, and confirm they have the right flat.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Hearing him.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Hello.- Hello. - We're from the police.- Yeah.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Is it OK to come in? Sorry? Is it OK to come in?- Yes, of course.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- OK, thank you.- What's happened?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Nothing, nothing to worry about.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37With one of the team covering escape routes,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40the others search the property, knowing that their man,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43who is already convicted for murder at home,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45has good reason to hide.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52The police are told that Borkowski has moved out
0:04:52 > 0:04:55and men's clothes found in the bedroom belong to a friend.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Pete is not altogether convinced.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03She could be telling the truth, it may be that she's got rid of him.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06It could be that we're just a little bit too early in...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10..visiting the address, so we'll have to have a rethink.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19The wanted murderer seems to have evaded capture for now,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22but these detectives are determined they will get their man,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24however long it takes.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Hello?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The hunt never stops, even crossing international borders
0:05:33 > 0:05:36to ensure bad guys are brought to book.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44When Spanish police raided this fortified villa near Malaga,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47they were searching for a Merseyside drug baron
0:05:47 > 0:05:49who'd been on the run for more than a decade...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54..this man, Mark Lilley...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58..a dangerous gangster with a reputation for violence.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04He was one of Britain's most wanted,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and for 13 years no-one could find him.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11He managed to stay one step ahead of us and he was obviously
0:06:11 > 0:06:14very well-resourced, he was obviously very well-prepared,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and he was determined to stay hidden.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22The investigation into Lilley began all the way back in 1998,
0:06:22 > 0:06:27when the north-west Regional Crime Squad launched a covert operation
0:06:27 > 0:06:30to take down Merseyside's biggest drug dealers.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37One of the officers on that job still works in surveillance,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39so we can't reveal his identity.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Mark Lilley was well-known within the St Helens area
0:06:44 > 0:06:46to be a bit of a bully.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51His core business was making a lot of money from drugs importation
0:06:51 > 0:06:55and distribution. He was a major player within quite a large group
0:06:55 > 0:06:58of drug dealers, him being at the top,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02and he did instruct and intimidate people to do his bidding.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09The police operation filmed Lilley's every move and installed secret
0:07:09 > 0:07:13microphones to gather the evidence they needed to bring him in.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27We decided that we would have audio placed within his flat,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31and cameras outside, which proved a great asset for us
0:07:31 > 0:07:36in relation to intelligence that we were gathering from that flat.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41There was a lot of drug users and drug dealers that were arriving
0:07:41 > 0:07:43at that flat on a daily basis.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The impression I got of him, he was a big guy.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Could be quite intimidating, a bit of a show-off,
0:07:55 > 0:08:00and liked to brag quite a bit about what he was doing.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05The surveillance operation had Lilley banged to rights.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Police raided his houses, uncovering his cache of drugs and firearms
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and the gangster was arrested.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17He was in bed at the time.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Got out of bed, went down on his knees,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21put his hands behind his head.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24He was quite cool, calm and collected...
0:08:24 > 0:08:29and in a joking mood, cracking jokes with the searching officers.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Lilley clearly believed he would have the last laugh.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37He was out on bail when he went to trial
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and, before the verdict was reached, he did a runner.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Lilley attended the majority of his trial and then absconded
0:08:44 > 0:08:45as it was coming to an end.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49The trial continued in his absence and he was given a conviction,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51so he knew that when he was on the run, if he was arrested,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54he would be coming back to serve a 23-year sentence.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Lilley stayed hidden for years,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00but sightings of him trickled in
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and the trail seemed to lead to one country in particular.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08We had indications that Lilley was in Spain.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10We had him linked to several other countries, as well,
0:09:10 > 0:09:11but Spain was always the main one
0:09:11 > 0:09:14and that was where we were focused on, really.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15It was then just a case of
0:09:15 > 0:09:17actually narrowing down exactly where he was.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20But for a period of time he managed to stay one step of ahead of us
0:09:20 > 0:09:23and he was probably moving quite regularly, at that point,
0:09:23 > 0:09:24to evade detection.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28In the years since Lilley fled, cooperation between British
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and Spanish law enforcement had increased considerably.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35By the time Inspector Olga Lizana took over
0:09:35 > 0:09:38as head of the Spanish National Police's Fugitives Unit,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Lilley had already been on the run for more than a decade.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Well, at the beginning I thought we were not going to find this guy,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50because he was in Spain for, at that time, for around ten years.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53So it's like there's...
0:09:53 > 0:09:57a fugitive can change a lot.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59But then, a breakthrough.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Olga discovered five houses in the area Lilley had bought and paid for,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06even though they weren't in his name.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10She put them all under surveillance.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The neighbours didn't know who he was or his real name.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20But it was like he was always driving luxury cars.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25He'd just leave the house at night and come early in the morning
0:10:25 > 0:10:29or late at night, but he doesn't have much relation
0:10:29 > 0:10:33with the neighbours, so I knew it was him.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Olga tracked him to this villa,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41high in the hills above Malaga and surrounded by a ten-foot-high wall.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45It was time to strike.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49You always think, OK, we're going to have just one opportunity
0:10:49 > 0:10:53to get him, so you want the right moment for that.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55And maybe it's the last opportunity for us
0:10:55 > 0:10:57so, OK, this is it.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04But, as more than 40 armed officers prepared for an early-morning raid,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07not everything would go according to plan.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18There are extradition teams working across the UK.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22One of the busiest is here in West Yorkshire.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Hello, police.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26In the past six years,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29they've arrested more than 400 foreign criminals.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Contact.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And this is the team on duty tonight -
0:11:36 > 0:11:37PC Dave Lockwood...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I've just confirmed it is the wanted person.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42..and his colleague PC Tom Allen.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Move on to the next one?- Yep.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Tonight, they've got a new case that's just come in.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Oh, it's fresh, very fresh.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It's a European Arrest Warrant issued for this man.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59We've just had a new one drop into our mailbox we've received
0:11:59 > 0:12:01from the National Crime Agency.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06And I think we've got, as of two months ago, a solid address for him.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I think it will be a good one for us to go for tonight.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Ladislav Ziga has a prison sentence waiting for him
0:12:12 > 0:12:15in the Czech Republic for assault, robbery and theft.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Prepared for anything,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24they head off to check out a recent address for the wanted man.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36It's late, and most of the homes on this street are in darkness,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38but in the house they're targeting,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41it looks like someone could be awake.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- This here, on the end corner. - Here with the lights on.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57They approach the house, checking for signs of movement upstairs.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07And sure enough, when Tom knocks on the front door,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09a figure comes to the window.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- Contact, first floor, female. - That's them.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18But whoever lives here is in no hurry to come to the door.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Looks like that might be a bathroom,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23so I don't know if she's been in the shower or something.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24- Yeah, yeah. - Might just need a moment.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Who are you, pal?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32MUFFLED REPLY
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Are you coming to answer the door?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Looking good, Tom.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Hello there, how you doing?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Sorry to get you up. What's your name, pal, please? Surname?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Who else is in the house?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52The man at the door looks similar to the person they're chasing.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Date of birth? Do you have an identity card?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59But the man they're looking for has a scorpion tattooed on his neck.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- No tattoo on the neck, is there? - No.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03A woman comes down the stairs.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06She says there's no-one else but children in the house.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- How many others upstairs? - Children.- Children...
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- No adults?- No.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14OK.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17OK, I'm going to look upstairs, do you want to come with me?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Yeah.- OK. Come on, then, let's go upstairs.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Dave's not taking her at her word.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Why are you here?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Just one room at a time.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34At first, it seems the residents are all telling the truth.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Upstairs, all is quiet.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43That's dangerous, isn't it?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45COUGHING
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But then, Dave spots something in a cupboard.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Get down, now! Do not mess about.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55In fact, stay there. Tom!
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Come in.- What floor?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Stay there. Stay there now.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02With two people desperate not to be found,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04it's an unpredictable situation.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Put your hands down. Look, just cuff him straightaway.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09See who he is.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Put your hands down.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Give me your hands.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Hand. Have you got your cuffs?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Other hand now.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Stay there.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Just let go of him.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Right. Slowly climb down.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Stop. Stop it. - No, no, stop shouting.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31No, no, stop shouting.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36We're dealing with something here.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Right, are you ready? Come on, drop down. Right, stay there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Stay there.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- INDISTINCT - Wait, wait.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50They've found not one but two people hiding amongst the children's toys.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55The unknown man and woman are cuffed and brought out.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58In there, please.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Hang on. Wait, wait, wait. Let's go downstairs.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Just, will you relax? Chill out. Relax your arms.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Stop pulling against me.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- We're going to go downstairs and sort things out.- OK.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Right, take a seat, chill out.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Now, they want to know who these two are,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23and what exactly they were doing upstairs in a cupboard.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Sit there, please.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Why were you two hiding in the cupboard?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Start off there. - Because we were scared.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37What were you scared of?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Well, it's not normal for us to come to houses and find people
0:16:42 > 0:16:45hiding in cupboards, is it? I'll have a look. Lift your head up.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48OK. Thank you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Tattoo on the neck from the picture.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Birthday?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Another look at the arrest warrant confirms what the officers suspect.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58The man with the scorpion tattoo on his neck
0:16:58 > 0:17:00is the fugitive they're hunting.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Is that you?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Ladislav, the Czech authorities, the Czech police,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12OK, have issued an arrest warrant for us to detain you.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15As Tom arrests the man,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18the woman caught hiding with him in the cupboard is released,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20but she's having none of it.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24You are?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25I'll ring NCA.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28We'll double-check.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30It's not often they get people
0:17:30 > 0:17:33asking to be arrested and extradited,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36so Dave calls the National Crime Agency
0:17:36 > 0:17:38to check out the woman's story.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I just want to know if this lass is wanted, to take her in, as well?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44'Do you want me to give you a call-back?'
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Yeah, I'm going to remain at the scene, at the address here.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50She's packed her bag, ready to go, she's that sure she's wanted, so...
0:17:50 > 0:17:52What offence are you wanted for?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- I don't know.- You don't know?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57The woman insists she's wanted by police,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00even though she doesn't know what she's wanted for.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Tom explains that's not how this works.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06If you just stay in here for five minutes, we're just waiting
0:18:06 > 0:18:09to check. We're just finding out whether you are wanted.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Until...until the NCA tell us you are, we can't arrest you.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Then, the call comes through.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Hello?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26'I've ran that name through, and there's no hit on there.'
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- All right. Take care, thanks, see you. Bye.- 'Bye.'
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I'm going to have to disappoint you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34You're not wanted.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Despite her protests, she won't be taken to the police station tonight,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40leaving Dave to wonder
0:18:40 > 0:18:43why she wanted to be arrested in the first place.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I've never had anybody as insistent as that before, no.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I mean, she got dressed, she got ready.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51She were ready to go, weren't she? She were really insistent.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Dave and Tom take Ladislav back to the police station,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00where he's processed before being sent to his extradition hearing.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06As for the woman hiding in the cupboard with him,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08further investigation revealed
0:19:08 > 0:19:12she HAD been in trouble in the Czech Republic.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18While living in the UK,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21she'd been found guilty of theft in a court back home.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25But because the sentence was suspended,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27there was no arrest warrant.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Her partner will have to go back to the Czech Republic
0:19:32 > 0:19:34to face justice by himself.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Extradition Unit
0:19:47 > 0:19:51are back on the streets of London hunting for a killer.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Kamil Borkowski is a murderer on the run from Poland,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01where he was convicted for kicking a man to death.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05The detectives suspect he's hiding somewhere in these blocks of flats.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09We came back yesterday afternoon
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and were able to see the female inside the address,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15decided to come back and give it another try this morning.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25HE KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:20:27 > 0:20:31This time, they won't take no for an answer.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Morning, it's the police, can you open the door, please?
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Morning. I can see your feet.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I can see your feet, so you don't need to creep about.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I can see you again, tiptoeing back through to the living room.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Do you want to open the door?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54They've spotted the partner of the man they're after
0:20:54 > 0:20:56sneaking around inside.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00But now, she has nowhere left to hide.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Open the door, please.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05She tiptoed into the kitchen...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07If she refuses to open the door,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11the detectives now have the power to force entry into the property.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Open the door, please, it's the police.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- Pete? Pete?- Yeah.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- There's two people in there. - Yeah, yeah.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Open the door, mate. Kamil, come and open the door.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Pete.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Just stop screaming, stop- BLEEP.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Police. Is Kamil here?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Where is he?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- All right, come out. Put your hands up.- Hands up.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53No, no, no. Stop.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59We had a gut feeling that he was still linked to this address
0:21:59 > 0:22:00and still with her...
0:22:02 > 0:22:04..and that gut feeling has proven to be right.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07This way, this way.
0:22:10 > 0:22:17It's taken more than six months, but the team have finally got their man.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18OK, mind your head.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Just sit. Stay this side, stay this side.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Going to put your seatbelt on, all right?
0:22:24 > 0:22:25All right.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Well done, mate.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33We've got to get lucky, and we got lucky this morning again,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36although, we've... I suppose, if we were to sort of...
0:22:37 > 0:22:40..try and put a positive on it, we'd say we've made our own luck
0:22:40 > 0:22:42here today, so, very pleased.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Another dangerous man in custody.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51Kamil Borkowski has dodged the law and evaded capture for six years,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55but now, the extradition team's persistence has finally paid off.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Caught red-handed with guns and drugs,
0:23:07 > 0:23:12dangerous gangster Mark Lilley was sentenced to 23 years behind bars.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17But he'd already gone on the run,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21and had managed to outwit the law for 13 years.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23He was living a life, he was living it under a different name,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26different identity. For a period of time,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28he managed to stay one step ahead of us, and he was probably
0:23:28 > 0:23:31moving quite regularly at that point to evade detection.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34But the search for Lilley never stopped,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and all the clues pointed to Spain.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42By the time Inspector Olga Lizana took over
0:23:42 > 0:23:46as head of the Spanish National Police Fugitives Unit,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Lilley had been in hiding for more than ten years.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55You could not imagine how much time it took me to check
0:23:55 > 0:24:00all the information, because it was not a new case, it was an old case,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02so you have to check everything again.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Olga's diligence paid off when she finally tracked him down
0:24:07 > 0:24:12to this hilltop villa. It was surrounded by ten-foot-high walls,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and she had no idea what lay behind them.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20We didn't know how many people were in the house.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23We were not sure if they'd got guns or not,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26so you have to cover all those things
0:24:26 > 0:24:29and be prepared for whatever happens.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Olga launched a strike on the compound.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Mobilising a team of more than 40 armed officers with air support,
0:24:38 > 0:24:43the villa was surrounded as a tactical unit swarmed over the gate.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Armed police stormed the villa
0:24:51 > 0:24:54and smashed in the front door with a battering ram.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Once inside, officers searched the house for the man who now topped
0:25:06 > 0:25:09the list of Britain's most wanted.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14But there was no sign of him.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20The guys there were telling me that Lilley was not in the house.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24They had checked the whole house, and they didn't find the guy.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Somehow, the fugitive appeared to have evaded capture once again.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34But Olga wasn't giving up.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37I was sure he was there.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I just said, "Well, nobody's moving from here till we find him!"
0:25:41 > 0:25:44It was a critical decision.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46They swept the house a second time.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52A closer look inside a row of wardrobes revealed a slight oddity
0:25:52 > 0:25:54that was to prove crucial.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58The wooden panel at the back of one of them
0:25:58 > 0:26:01was slightly different to the rest.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04One of the police officers that was checking that area realised that
0:26:04 > 0:26:08one of the wardrobes was not similar to the other.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13So they started taking all the things out of there
0:26:13 > 0:26:15and then they found the door.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Behind the wooden panel was a solid steel door.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24They'd found the secret entrance to a fortified panic room.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Hidden inside was the gangster.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33We knew he was inside the panic room,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37so I told him if he didn't open the door,
0:26:37 > 0:26:42I'm going through the whole wall to get you,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44so he decided to open.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Olga's threat to smash down the wall to get him
0:26:51 > 0:26:53convinced Lilley the game was up.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58The door opened, and she could finally size up the man
0:26:58 > 0:27:00she'd been hunting for so long.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05He was so big that we couldn't use just one handcuffs.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09We had to use two because of the size of his arm.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13And the man they arrested looked nothing like the man
0:27:13 > 0:27:17who had fled British justice all those years before.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21He'd changed his appearance massively.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24He'd bulked up an incredible amount,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27got lots of different tattoos.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28He'd changed facially.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Obviously he'd been out in Spain for a long time, so he was very tanned.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36So if you put his picture next to one from 13 years previous,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40you perhaps wouldn't necessarily know they were the same individual.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43But Olga knew she'd got her man.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46She hopes Lilley's arrest will act as a warning
0:27:46 > 0:27:49to any other British criminals thinking of going on the run.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54This is not a safe place for British fugitives any more.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I think that's the message -
0:27:58 > 0:28:00don't come to Spain.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08In August 2013, Mark Lilley was flown back to the UK.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14After a failed appeal, he finally started his 23-year sentence.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20Kamil Borkowski was extradited back to Poland in August 2016
0:28:20 > 0:28:23to serve out his sentence for murder.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Get down, now! Tom!- Coming.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And Ladislav Ziga, who'd concealed himself in a cupboard,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34was sent back to the Czech Republic in June of the same year
0:28:34 > 0:28:37without his hide-and-seek partner.