0:00:02 > 0:00:03EXPLOSION
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Come on!- On the run... - Get back here!- ..and over here.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Hands out now. Hands out!
0:00:09 > 0:00:14When foreign criminals flee their home countries, many hide out in the UK.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- Give me your hands.- But if they think they're safe, they're wrong.
0:00:18 > 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.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Across Europe, there are hundreds of British criminals
0:00:30 > 0:00:33also trying to escape justice.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37From the sun-drenched costas to the busy streets of the Dutch capital
0:00:37 > 0:00:41this is how the police take down the fugitives...
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- You're under arrest under the Extradition Act.- Police officer!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48..both at home and abroad.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57On today's programme...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01..Dutch police hunt British criminals
0:01:01 > 0:01:03who think they've got away with it.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04The message is don't come over here
0:01:04 > 0:01:06because you're not safe here as well.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11In Leeds, there's no place to hide for a large-scale drug dealer
0:01:11 > 0:01:13who should be in a Polish prison.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16She brought that about, not West Yorkshire Police.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18She brought that about.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Hi, it's police. Could you let us in?
0:01:21 > 0:01:22And in Hereford,
0:01:22 > 0:01:28a major operation to find the men and women living life on the run.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30We're going to take them away from their family,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32we're going to send them back to a place where they've left
0:01:32 > 0:01:34that they don't want to be.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Across Europe, fugitives are on the run.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45For many Brits the destination is Amsterdam.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51In February 2011, a Dutch SWAT team were preparing to raid a house
0:01:51 > 0:01:55in the village of Kortenhoef, just outside the capital,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58where a British fugitive was hiding out.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We got the information that he was here in the neighbourhood,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05that he was very violent, and maybe armed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08EXPLOSION, GLASS SHATTERS
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The wanted man was Sean Devalda.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Detective Chief Inspector Aaron Duggan from Greater Manchester Police
0:02:20 > 0:02:24had been hunting for him since 2007.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Back then the detectives were tracking a gang of armed robbers
0:02:27 > 0:02:31from Salford, planning to hijack a cash delivery van.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35They would steal motor vehicles from people's houses during burglaries.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The cars are then put on false plates and are used
0:02:38 > 0:02:40in the commission of armed robberies.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44We were behind this team and we were aware of what they were up to.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Sean Devalda formed part of this armed robbery team
0:02:47 > 0:02:49with three others.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56In early 2007, surveillance officers were watching as members of the gang
0:02:56 > 0:02:59driving cars they'd stolen met up in a lay-by.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04What we observed during the course of the investigation was the stolen
0:03:04 > 0:03:07vehicles being parked up here on false plates
0:03:07 > 0:03:09doing dry runs down into Salford
0:03:09 > 0:03:11where the cash depot is and what we actually observed
0:03:11 > 0:03:15was one of the stolen vehicles from here actually drive,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18peel off behind a cash-in-transit vehicle,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20enter the M60 here at junction 19.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24The surveillance helped officers
0:03:24 > 0:03:27work out where and when the thieves would strike.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30It also led them to one of the gang's main players.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Sean Devalda came into the investigation late in the day.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37We only identified who he was reasonably late on.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43But we were satisfied that he was part of the team that were looking at committing commercial robberies.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Within weeks the gang swung into action.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50But the police too were ready and waiting to catch them in the act.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Sean Devalda, on the day in question, was in a stolen vehicle,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57a stolen car that was on false plates,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59and we were surveilling that vehicle.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01So, we were aware of who was in the vehicle.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We had measures in place, should they commit a crime,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07that we could intervene, or prevent it from happening in the first place.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11As detectives tailed Devalda and his three accomplices,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13they seemed to panic.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14They abandoned their mission,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17speeding off into the back streets of Salford.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20For whatever reason they decided to abort on the day in question
0:04:20 > 0:04:22and two items were discarded from the vehicle.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27In their panic the men made a crucial mistake.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30A mask and a gun were hurled from the car.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35There just happened to be a nine millimetre weapon that was loaded
0:04:35 > 0:04:38with seven live bullets and a balaclava.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43And obviously evidence was present on the items that linked Sean Devalda to that vehicle.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44His DNA was in it, basically.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46So we were able to put him to that item.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Three of the gang were arrested but Devalda was more elusive.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00The armed robber had already fled from the UK.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Now he was living the high life in the Spanish sunshine.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06He was well supported financially.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He was living in decent accommodation.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10He was attending big pool parties
0:05:10 > 0:05:13that cost an awful lot of money to get in.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But he was with a number of close friends and associates of his
0:05:16 > 0:05:18that were looking after him.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23It was time for the National Crime Agency to get involved.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27We tried to build up a picture to see who he would be communicating with,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31or he would be frequently visiting, who would be coming visiting him...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Trying to get a good clear understanding of where Sean was
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and how best we could capture him.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Police across Europe were asked to join in the manhunt.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48It took three years before detectives in Manchester heard that Devalda had been spotted.
0:05:49 > 0:05:56But by then he'd left Spain for Amsterdam, using false documents to conceal his identity.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Whilst on the run, Devalda was able to obtain a number of false
0:06:00 > 0:06:03identities that allowed him basically to travel from Spain to Amsterdam
0:06:03 > 0:06:07without being apprehended by the authorities.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But Devalda didn't stay long in the city.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15His phone records soon revealed his country hideout.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19They knew that he was in a rural part of the Netherlands
0:06:19 > 0:06:24surrounded by water, little inlets, fenced-off community,
0:06:24 > 0:06:28so it was quite clear that they'd got a good lock on him.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Now it was down to the Dutch police.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35We have methods to get somebody by surprise.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Was the fugitive's run of good luck about to come to an end?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40EXPLOSION
0:06:46 > 0:06:50West Yorkshire, with its population of over two million people,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54has one of the busiest extradition units in the UK.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Other than the Metropolitan Police with quite a sizeable team,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02we in West Yorkshire have executed more European Arrest Warrants
0:07:02 > 0:07:03than any other force in the country.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07That's done on purpose to protect our communities.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15On the front line, it's PC Dave Lockwood and his partner PC Tom Allen's job
0:07:15 > 0:07:20to hunt down foreign nationals wanted for committing crimes back in their native countries.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Tonight they have two urgent cases.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29The first is a violent man who's been on the run for three years.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33He is now thought to be hiding out in one of the UK's biggest cities.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38We are going to Leeds and we are looking for a Polish male,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Przemyslaw Milewski, and he's wanted for a robbery.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Reading through it, the robbery, he's kicked him all over the body,
0:07:48 > 0:07:54used force, and hit him in order to get his mobile phone.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58He's used threats to kill the victim and then he's actually kidnapped the
0:07:58 > 0:08:02victim and thrown him in the boot of a Skoda Octavia and taken him to an
0:08:02 > 0:08:04unknown location and terrorised him further.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09He's then stolen his identity card,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14and committed a fraud by, I think, obtaining money.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25This house is the last known address for the man they're after.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Contact.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Female's coming down.- Cool.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34But the woman who answers the door claims not to know him.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39We're here because we're looking for a gentleman who we believed was
0:08:39 > 0:08:41resident at one of these two flats.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Do you know anybody by the name of...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48..Przemyslaw Milewski?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- No.- Are we OK just to come up and have a look?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Is that OK?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55We need to speak to this gentleman, that's all, so...
0:08:55 > 0:09:00Rather than taking her at her word, the officers go inside
0:09:00 > 0:09:01to search the premises.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04She's never heard of this gentleman, she's lived here for three years.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Looks honest, looks like she's telling the truth
0:09:07 > 0:09:09but the connection is that she's Polish.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Obviously the male we want is Polish.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12People do sometimes...
0:09:13 > 0:09:14..lie and not tell us the truth.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So rather than just talking on the doorstep, since we're here,
0:09:17 > 0:09:22with her permission, we're just going to have a look and make sure there's no belongings for a male.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27The trail that led them to this address seems to have gone cold.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I think for now we're pretty much stuck on this one, aren't we?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35We've got intelligence linking him here one month ago.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39We know for a fact he definitely lived here in 2011.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41But there's intelligence showing him as being here a month ago.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Move on to the next one?- Yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Thank you very much. I see your keys here.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Are you coming down to let us out?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Thank you very much, love.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51The officers will never give up.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Once there's new intelligence, the search for the man linked to this
0:09:55 > 0:09:58address a month ago will start again.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03And with around 1,500 European criminals fleeing to the UK each year,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05there are plenty more to go after.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11The officers' next warrant is for a serious drug dealer from Poland.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16She's been part of an organised crime group producing and trafficking
0:10:16 > 0:10:19amphet and cannabis throughout Poland.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24The sort of numbers we're talking about here is 6,000g of pure amphet.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28So, a good level.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Later, intelligence suggests
0:10:31 > 0:10:34this may be the Leeds home of the Polish drug dealer
0:10:34 > 0:10:38wanted for selling amphetamines with a street value
0:10:38 > 0:10:40of tens of thousands of pounds.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43It's the police. Can you open the door, please?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46There's a little girl. She's about three.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51But could this woman really be the ruthless drug dealer Dave and Tom are looking for?
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Twice a year, roads police across the UK run a special operation
0:11:03 > 0:11:08tracking down foreign criminals using the British road network.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Are you both known to the police at all?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12No?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's run from a hub in Birmingham
0:11:14 > 0:11:19linking up with 12 European forces in the never-ending search
0:11:19 > 0:11:23for the 18,000 criminals who go on the run in Europe every year.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29In Herefordshire, traffic cops Karl Lacey and Danny Evans
0:11:29 > 0:11:33have a list of fugitives wanted abroad they need to track down.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38We're in possession of a European Arrest Warrant for a male
0:11:38 > 0:11:41who is wanted for burglary in Lithuania.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46It's our intention to go to the address and make some enquiries.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Hopefully if he's there we can arrest him.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57On arrival, the team of officers fan out to surround the property.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59They know they're trying to catch a serious offender,
0:11:59 > 0:12:05Vilius Slyzauskas, who is on the run to escape a six-year jail sentence.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07This man was wanted.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12He'd been convicted of burglary offences of a six-year imprisonment
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and he was currently outstanding and absconded from them.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Is it a flat number? - Four.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Uh, flat two.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24We've attended the address.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Do the... Do their...
0:12:27 > 0:12:33We've tried to put a cordon on the area to prevent him from escaping from the property.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38To get past the security door, Danny employs a trick of the trade.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39It's a communal flats.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41We've pressed the intercom,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I've covered up the camera so he didn't see
0:12:43 > 0:12:45who was on the other side of the door and he's just opened the door.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- 'Yes?'- Hi, it's police, could you let us in?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Hello.- Hi.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- All right?- All right. Are you flat number two, are you, sir?- Sorry?- Flat number two?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Yeah.- Um...
0:13:04 > 0:13:05That's you.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Slyzauskas has been at large for over a year and a half.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Have you got your passport?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Vilius?- Yeah.- You're Vilius, yeah? - Yeah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17OK, we've got him, Sarge.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22There's an element of it's always going to catch up with him at some point
0:13:22 > 0:13:23but mid-morning on a rainy day
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I don't think he expected the police to be knocking his door and taking him away.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31You're under arrest under the Extradition Act 2003.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32You do not have to say anything.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Anything that you do say may be given in evidence.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Just pop your arms out like that for me.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I need to get your passport, OK?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46- It's in the car.- OK.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Just wait there. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Why don't take car keys?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Your car keys are in the flat, yeah? - Yeah.- OK, come in there.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Inside is Slyzauskas's shocked childminder and his young daughter.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Hello, madam, are you all right?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Do you speak English OK?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04No. No. No English, OK.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Slyzauskas is getting increasingly agitated.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09BLEEP.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Have we got his keys?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I just need your passport.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19He may have come across a little bit aggressive.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I don't think that was the case.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I just think he was just upset and he realised he'd been caught.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29He might have been a bit upset with himself which isn't nice for him to
0:14:29 > 0:14:31show that in front of his daughter.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Obviously we're going to take them away from their family.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36We're going to send them back to a place where
0:14:36 > 0:14:37they've left, that they don't want to be.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41So it's understandable in some respects that they're going to get upset about it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44You be happy?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46It's my family here.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Right, first of all, calm.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Yeah, yeah.- Be calm, OK?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- OK, OK.- If you're not calm, OK...
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Just coming out with one now.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Stand by.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Just calm yourself down.- OK, OK.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06If you've committed a crime and you've been sentenced or you're due to be in court for that crime,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09you've got to take responsibility for it and go.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17You understand that it's a European Arrest Warrant from Lithuania, OK?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19That's why you've been arrested, OK?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- You understand that.- OK.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25The wanted man is taken to Hereford custody suite.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Upon arresting him he was a little bit upset.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Quite agitated, to be fair to him.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Why we wanted to handcuff him quite quickly just to get control of him.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42To be fair, he's calmed down now he's got into the custody block.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44But we'll see how we get on putting him in.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46He knows what's going on. He is going to need an interpreter.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- Yeah.- But he understands the principle of what's happened.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52It's a European Arrest Warrant.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54It's ultimately for two counts of theft from dwelling.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Vilius Slyzauskas will soon be taken to London to appear in a Westminster
0:15:58 > 0:16:00extradition court.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05For Karl and Danny, another European Arrest Warrant has been successfully served.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We're not here to make any mistakes, you know?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11We've got a duty to the people that this guy's burgled to make sure that
0:16:11 > 0:16:14he's brought to justice.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Back in 2011,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30police in Amsterdam were on the hunt for a dangerous fugitive.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Armed robber Sean Devalda had gone on the run four years earlier
0:16:35 > 0:16:40after a robbery on a cash transit van was foiled by police in Salford.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Jeroen Poelert and his crack team of detectives were determined that this
0:16:44 > 0:16:47fugitive would be tracked down.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50We got the information that he was here in the neighbourhood,
0:16:50 > 0:16:56he should be. That he was very violent and maybe armed.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57So that...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00That worries us.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05So we put extra effort on this case and we start an
0:17:05 > 0:17:11investigation, so a whole team is focusing to get the person.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Inspector Remco van Huys was in charge of the hunt.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21He discovered Devalda was using a mobile phone in a rural area 20 miles from Amsterdam.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24We were able to trace down in this area,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26this is Kortenhoef in Holland,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30it's not a very busy area so we had a bit of a problem...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33..to locate him.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36But we knew that his telephone was somewhere around here.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37To find somebody...
0:17:38 > 0:17:40..when you look back it's always easy
0:17:40 > 0:17:42but when you begin, you have nothing.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46You have only a name and the information from abroad.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Yes, we think he is in your neighbourhood.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51And you just start.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56It's like a big puzzle and you only need one piece
0:17:56 > 0:17:58and then you make it bigger.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02And in this case we used his telephone.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07But whilst they knew that Devalda was in the area,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Remco and his team were struggling to pinpoint his exact location.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17The phone taps gave us the information that he was going to flee to Spain,
0:18:17 > 0:18:18to Tenerife,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23at the beginning of February so we had to move rather quickly.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It was time to switch tactics.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Using old-fashioned surveillance, the undercover cops
0:18:30 > 0:18:33had to spot the fugitive in person.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38We saw him coming out of one of the houses and then it was for us the
0:18:38 > 0:18:41point, OK, now we are 100% sure that he's in the house.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48So we tried to, we start our preparations to arrest him.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51But in the four years since Devalda had fled,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53his appearance had changed drastically.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56We asked our British colleagues to come over
0:18:56 > 0:18:59because we knew that he had false passports,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03so we also wanted someone who could identify him.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07To help Dutch police make sure they had the right man,
0:19:07 > 0:19:12the National Crime Agency dispatched Graham Roberts to the scene.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15They asked whether I could go over to the Netherlands
0:19:15 > 0:19:19to give a briefing to the Dutch national police,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23to give them an understanding of who Sean was and to explain to them
0:19:23 > 0:19:26how much of a high-profile individual he was.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30The Dutch police's elite SWAT team
0:19:30 > 0:19:35were called in and readied themselves to strike.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36We were so close, we could smell him.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38We thought that we'd...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40..be able to move in on him.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Could the dangerous fugitive's years on the run finally be over?
0:19:55 > 0:20:00In Leeds, officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen from West Yorkshire Police
0:20:00 > 0:20:06regularly search out foreign criminals wanted by police in their native country.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Tonight they're looking for a member of a serious organised crime gang
0:20:10 > 0:20:14involved in the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The criminal they're after was convicted in Poland
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and still has seven months of her prison sentence left to serve.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29The sort of numbers we're talking about here is 6,000g of pure amphet.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33So, a good level.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37The offences date back to 2000, 1st of January 2000,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39and go right through to...
0:20:40 > 0:20:42..March 2007.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Poland wants to put this fugitive back behind bars.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54West Yorkshire's police investigation has led them to this house
0:20:54 > 0:20:58where they've found a Polish grandmother who speaks no English.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01We're looking for Sylwia Sokolowska.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Is that yourself?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04No? What's your name?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06- ID card?- Er...
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Or passport?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11SHE SPEAKS POLISH
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Yeah, do you want to ring somebody,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17a son or daughter that speaks English?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19If not we can get Language Line.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The woman has called her daughter to translate.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28What's your mum called, please?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Sylwia...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And what's her surname? Sokolowska.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Right, can I ask whereabouts do you live?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Are you local?
0:21:37 > 0:21:42The woman's denied her name but Tom's speaking to the daughter
0:21:42 > 0:21:44who has confirmed it is the wanted person.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I don't think it's malicious from her mother.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47I think it's just poor English.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51The woman's name is confirmed as Sylwia Analia Sokolowska.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53She IS the one they're looking for.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Would that be OK, if you could?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Just stay on the line. What I'm going to do,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I'm going to pass you back to your mum.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02If you can just...
0:22:02 > 0:22:04If you just explain to her for now
0:22:04 > 0:22:10that there is a warrant that's been issued in Poland for her arrest,
0:22:10 > 0:22:11she doesn't need to worry,
0:22:11 > 0:22:18and we'll explain in more details when the family member turns up and can translate for us. All right?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Tell her not to panic or get upset.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I don't like it when there's little kids in t'house.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32You know, a three, four-year-old and we're going to be taking her grandma away.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Another family member who lives close by has come to translate.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38If you can just tell her,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I have given her the documents which explains it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49The Polish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the offence of
0:22:49 > 0:22:52supplying controlled drugs.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57OK? What Poland are telling us is that they want Sylwia to go back to
0:22:57 > 0:22:59serve the rest of her sentence now.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02She's going to be under arrest...
0:23:04 > 0:23:05..for the offence.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13As she begins to understand that justice has finally caught up with her,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16the convicted drug dealer starts to get upset.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20There is a human consequence and I feel for the family who lost
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Grandmother. But she brought that about, not West Yorkshire Police,
0:23:25 > 0:23:26SHE brought that about.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31As she is arrested and taken from the house,
0:23:32 > 0:23:34her family is also devastated.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Everyone's crying. The lady we've arrested's crying, daughter's crying,
0:23:40 > 0:23:41the little girl's crying.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45They're thinking this is the last time they're going to see her now
0:23:45 > 0:23:48because we're going to take her, she's going to go to police station,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51she's going to go to court, because they can't pay the bail she's going to go to prison.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54So, they're really worried that she's going to, from there, go to Poland.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57So unless they can get to London to see her at court or in prison,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59they're really worried that obviously we're taking Grandma away.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05She is wanted for some serious offences so there's nothing else
0:24:05 > 0:24:07we're going to do bar arrest her and take her in.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08All right?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13If you were to see her out in the street or see her in the supermarket,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16you wouldn't think the offences that's been put with her, or...
0:24:18 > 0:24:19..what we've been told she's done.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21No, you certainly wouldn't. I certainly wouldn't.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Just up to where Dave is, please.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33At the police station, the drug-dealing grandmother's fingerprints are taken and sent
0:24:33 > 0:24:36to Poland to confirm her identity.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41For now she'll be locked in a cell and held in custody until she can be
0:24:41 > 0:24:43brought before a judge and her case decided.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Though it's come as a shock to the woman and her family,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51the police make no apologies for this arrest.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Drug dealers perpetuate misery
0:24:54 > 0:24:58and the crime that funds that drug addiction.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02So all drug dealers present as a single offender but I argue
0:25:02 > 0:25:08that behind every drug dealer is a massive wave of criminality and misery
0:25:08 > 0:25:11brought about by their greed and drug-trafficking.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's the early hours of the morning
0:25:19 > 0:25:22in a small village on the outskirts of Amsterdam.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27A Dutch SWAT team is preparing to seize armed robber Sean Devalda.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34He's a violent criminal who's been on the run for four years.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36This is a dangerous operation.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Because of the difficulty to walk to the house and because we know it was
0:25:40 > 0:25:45a very large criminal, we thought maybe there were weapons involved,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48we didn't do the arrest ourselves but we asked our special raid team.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Graham Roberts from the National Crime Agency
0:25:54 > 0:25:57was standing by to identify the wanted man.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It was around 4am or 5am.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02The SWAT team had got in place.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05My colleague and I were sat in a vehicle quite close by
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and listening to a Dutch commentary and not understanding a word,
0:26:08 > 0:26:14and just hoping for the positive words that he'd been arrested.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16EXPLOSION, GLASS SHATTERS
0:26:19 > 0:26:21But even after the arrest was made,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25the Dutch team weren't sure who they'd captured.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27We didn't recognise him from the picture
0:26:27 > 0:26:29when he was arrested by the raid team.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31But our British colleague was there.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37At first Graham found it difficult to confirm the arrested man was indeed Devalda.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I remember walking through the door,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41lots of police officers around,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44and there was an individual there who looked nothing like the photo,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47the mugshot, that I'd seen of Sean Devalda.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50And then I was passed an Irish passport.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It was only then when I had a look at the Irish passport
0:26:52 > 0:26:57and some of the documents, that I took over, I then started to see a striking resemblance.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02And when I asked the officers, could I have a good look in Devalda's eyes?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04It was then that I realised that that was him.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Detective Chief Inspector Aaron Duggan from Greater Manchester Police
0:27:09 > 0:27:13had been hunting Devalda for four years.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17He flew to Holland to bring the fugitive home to justice.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21When I told him he was under arrest I could see a marked change in his
0:27:21 > 0:27:23body language. He looked at the floor
0:27:23 > 0:27:25and that's when I knew that it had dawned on him
0:27:25 > 0:27:26that he was going to prison.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31For the Dutch police, the operation to track down one of Europe's most
0:27:31 > 0:27:35wanted was a great success.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36It was very satisfying.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38We were quite happy with the results.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44The message is, don't come over here because you're not safe here as well.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47EXPLOSION, GLASS SHATTERS
0:27:51 > 0:27:53After four years on the run,
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Sean Devalda was sentenced to six years in prison.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03He was released in 2014 but is now back inside for drugs offences.
0:28:03 > 0:28:10In June 2016, burglar Vilius Slyzauskas was sent back to Lithuania after losing his
0:28:10 > 0:28:11appeal against extradition.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Drug-dealing grandmother Sylwia Sokolowska should have been extradited
0:28:17 > 0:28:21back to Poland in November 2016.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24But she went on the run before she could be put on a military flight
0:28:24 > 0:28:25back to a Polish prison.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30There's now another warrant out for her arrest in the UK.