0:00:02 > 0:00:05- Come on!- On the run... - Get back here!
0:00:05 > 0:00:08- ..and over here. - Hands out now! Hands out!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11When foreign criminals flee their home countries,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13many hide out in the UK.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- Give me your hands.- But if they think they're safe, they're wrong.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19'They know they're wanted.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22'A lot of these people are waiting for that knock on the door.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:25But the traffic in fugitives isn't all one way.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Across Europe, there are hundreds of British criminals
0:00:29 > 0:00:32also trying to escape justice.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35From the sun-drenched Costas
0:00:35 > 0:00:38to the busy streets of the Dutch capital...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41..this is how the police take down the fugitives...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44You're under arrest under the extradition act.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Police officer!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48..both at home and abroad.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56In today's programme,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59could a man accused of murder during these riots
0:00:59 > 0:01:02now be working in a West London newsagents?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Is this your photograph? - No, sir. This one is not mine.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10And how a major British drugs baron got his comeuppance
0:01:10 > 0:01:13thanks to determined undercover Dutch officers.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16When we heard it was a big fish we said to each other,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19"You can run but you can't hide."
0:01:26 > 0:01:30In London, the Metropolitan Police's extradition unit deals with hundreds
0:01:30 > 0:01:32of cases each year.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37It's DS Pete Rance's job to track down men and women wanted
0:01:37 > 0:01:39in other countries.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41There's a real mix of cases that we deal with.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Some are as simple as knocking on a front door
0:01:43 > 0:01:45and people come willingly,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Others involve a lot of resources, a lot of time,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51a lot of effort, a lot of detective work
0:01:51 > 0:01:53to actually confirm people's identities.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And, you know, there are...
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Living in the UK, there are people who don't want to be found.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Can you open the door, please? It's the police.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Most of the extradition unit's work involves finding fugitives
0:02:09 > 0:02:13from other European countries hiding out in the capital,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16but they're also responsible for arresting those
0:02:16 > 0:02:18who are wanted further afield.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The team do deal with a wide range of offences.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25They can be from a fraud -
0:02:25 > 0:02:28what we'd consider to be a straightforward fraud -
0:02:28 > 0:02:29through to wanted for murder.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31We get requests from all over the world
0:02:31 > 0:02:33and they are broken up into two regions.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35One is EU and then the other is non-EU.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38And there's different legislation and different thresholds
0:02:38 > 0:02:40that need to be met for those two areas.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Back in 2002, riots in the Gujarat region of India
0:02:47 > 0:02:49hit the headlines around the world.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- NEWS FOOTAGE:- These were Muslim homes torched last night
0:02:52 > 0:02:56by an armed mob. Most of the Muslims fled, but not all.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Five or six. - REPORTER:- Five or six children.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Widespread unrest between Muslims and Hindus led to the destruction
0:03:09 > 0:03:14of villages and towns, and left over 3,000 people dead.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Intelligence that's just landed on Pete's desk indicates that one of
0:03:19 > 0:03:22those accused of particularly serious offences
0:03:22 > 0:03:27could now be living in London. It's disturbing reading.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31These are statements from people in India detailing what they saw
0:03:31 > 0:03:33and what happened.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37You know, it's... Some of it's quite...graphic.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41You know, people being sprayed with kerosene.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45That's the sort of thing we're dealing with here in terms of...
0:03:45 > 0:03:49what he's believed to have been part of.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53The accused man's name is Samir Vinubhai Patel -
0:03:53 > 0:03:57wanted for murder, arson and riot in India.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01The accusation is that a group of Hindu men have attacked
0:04:01 > 0:04:05a Muslim village, poured kerosene on properties.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10It resulted in burning people alive. Extremely serious.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And India issued a formal request
0:04:13 > 0:04:18for the extradition of Samir Vinubhai Patel,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21after an Interpol circulation had been made
0:04:21 > 0:04:24seeking his whereabouts.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30With new information about a potential address for Patel in
0:04:30 > 0:04:33West London, Pete wastes no time in briefing his colleagues,
0:04:33 > 0:04:37DCs Dave Salmon and Carly Rigg.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41So the intention today is to go to this bloke's work address,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45which is a newsagents over in... Near Heathrow Airport, in Hounslow.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I'll go into the address, ascertain that he's in there and working.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52He was in there last week working on the Tuesday.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55We had someone have eyes on him last week.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59So we're confident there's a strong possibility that he'll be there.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Right.- Everyone happy?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Yeah, happy with that.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07The key to establishing the suspect's identity
0:05:07 > 0:05:11is a series of photographs linking Patel to the riots in India
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and a later offence in the UK.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20The gentleman that they want is this individual here.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It's the person that's wanted in India.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30We know that that same man made an application for a UK visa
0:05:30 > 0:05:35back in 2005 and the application was granted in 2006.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39And the work we've done has established that this individual
0:05:39 > 0:05:44was arrested in 2013 for shoplifting in the UK, in London.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49And it's our belief that these two men are one and the same.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52But when they arrive, the man working in the shop
0:05:52 > 0:05:56says he's not the man shown on Pete's paperwork.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Is this your photograph? - No, it's my one - other one.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00No is my one.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03He's accepted initially the photograph is him,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06although I think when he's realised what's about to come
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- he's then retracted that. - No, sir, this one is not mine.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11You're saying it's not you now?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The Pennines - high moorland dividing northern England.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Back in 2012, these quiet roads
0:06:23 > 0:06:26were arteries for the trafficking of drugs between
0:06:26 > 0:06:30two organised crime gangs on either side of the country.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It was drugs. It was a lot of drugs.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35There was a lot of money changing hands.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38The trade centred on Liverpool on the west coast,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and Hartlepool on the east.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47For years, police in both areas struggled to find the ringleader.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50But when surveillance officers staked out an Italian restaurant
0:06:50 > 0:06:53in Wetherby in West Yorkshire in September 2012,
0:06:53 > 0:06:59they were able to identify the Mr Big of the operation.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03It was this man, Ian Stanton, who was running the show.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07His Merseyside gang was peddling drugs to a huge area,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11from the Midlands all the way up to Scotland.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16In the north-east we're just one element of his operations.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18From the vast telephone analysis we did,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22he was sending couriers on a daily basis
0:07:22 > 0:07:25to different parts of the country.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28With Stanton and other gang members identified,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32police in the north-east were able to seize huge quantities of drugs
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and cash in seven different operations.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39But it seemed to make little difference.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42They had immense resilience because they had so much money,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44so many drugs.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48It didn't seem to matter what we did or what drugs we took out,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51they had the ability to keep going.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56By now, Ian Stanton was one of the UK's biggest drug dealers.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59The National Crime Agency,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03who lead the UK's fight against serious and organised crime,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05were keen to take him down.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10This surveillance officer was part of the operation.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12He was a nationwide criminal.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Not just nationwide - internationally, as well.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17He had links to the north-east.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20He travelled to London frequently.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24So, basically, borders held no bounds for him.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Then in May 2013 came a major breakthrough.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32In a shipping container of frozen beef at Tilbury Docks in Essex,
0:08:32 > 0:08:38officers working for the port uncovered 400 kilos of cocaine
0:08:38 > 0:08:40hidden in 16 holdalls.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44It had a street value of £71 million.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46We've gathered evidence before,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48but we've never had a seizure of such a large amount.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52400 kilos of cocaine is very significant.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Obviously to flood the streets with that amount of commodity would cause
0:08:55 > 0:08:58some serious harm to local communities.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02It was one of the biggest drugs hauls ever seen in the UK
0:09:02 > 0:09:07and it gave officers the opportunity to plan a daring sting,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11hoping to catch Stanton and his gang red-handed.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15In West Yorkshire, a two-man team are out to find and arrest foreign offenders.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31It's 11 o'clock on a Monday night, and PCs Tom Allen and Dave Lockwood
0:09:31 > 0:09:35are setting off in search of a man who is very difficult to find.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So tonight we're going to be looking for a lad
0:09:41 > 0:09:45who we've been looking for for probably a couple of months now.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49He's got loads and loads of addresses in Leeds
0:09:49 > 0:09:51and I've been working my way through them.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56And, in truth, it's been hard work because he moves around so much.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00The team head towards Leeds and the last-known address for the man
0:10:00 > 0:10:02they're looking for.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Ladislav Danco is accused of four offences,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11including theft and burglary,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14back home in the Czech Republic.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18He's wanted by the Czech authorities for
0:10:18 > 0:10:21"theft from a shop, burglary, damage to motor vehicle
0:10:21 > 0:10:24"and section five of the Public Order Act."
0:10:24 > 0:10:28But the man they're after has made a basic mistake.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It's a stroke of luck, really.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34This gentleman has lost his ID, lost his passport
0:10:34 > 0:10:36and a number of other ID within the Leeds area,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40so he's contacted the police to report that missing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43In doing that, it's given us a new address,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46which has saved me a lot of time.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50There's a contradiction there. There's a guy wanted.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54He's tried to remain at large by changing his address frequently,
0:10:54 > 0:10:55but after a period of time there
0:10:55 > 0:10:57becomes that normalisation where
0:10:57 > 0:10:59they believe that they're no longer wanted,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01there's no-one looking for them,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and they try to assimilate into society.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And it's quite a natural, normal thing to do to,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09to report your passport missing at a police station.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13He was clearly unaware that by doing that he was just introducing himself
0:11:13 > 0:11:17to law enforcement to say, "Here I am."
0:11:19 > 0:11:22When Dave and Tom arrive at the new address,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27at first there's no sign of the man wanted in the Czech Republic.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Young kid having his tea.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31KNOCK AT DOOR
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I think he's eating a tub of ice cream.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Hello, love.- Hello. - Hello, it's the police.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Are you OK? Am I OK to come in and talk with you?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Yeah.- OK. Do you speak good English?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46OK. What nationality are you, please?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Me?- Yeah.- Czech Republic. - Czech Republic.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Is there anybody else in the house?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Yeah, my stepdad.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- What he's called?- Ladislav. - Ladislav.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Can you ask him to come down, please, so I can talk to you all?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Would that be OK? Hello, Ladislav.- Are you OK?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- OK.- Do you speak good English?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Ladislav clearly hasn't been expecting visitors,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and it's obvious he speaks little English.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I'm going to get a police interpreter on the phone, OK?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- And then we'll talk to you. - I'll just go upstairs with you.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Whilst Ladislav Danco gets dressed,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Dave calls an interpreter who will explain the charges.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28I will be arresting this male and I need to use yourself to explain
0:12:28 > 0:12:31to him what's happening,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33so he'll know what I'm arresting him for,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and obviously if he's got any medical conditions or anything
0:12:35 > 0:12:37before we leave the house.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Ladislav, come and take a seat, please.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- Yeah, yeah.- On here I have the interpreter. So take a seat.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- Do you just want to make sure you can understand her?- Hello.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54You can understand her? If you can explain to him the reason I'm here
0:12:54 > 0:12:57is there's a European arrest warrant being issued for him
0:12:57 > 0:13:01by the Czech authorities.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02The man's partner is anxious.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05She wants to know where he will be taken.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07He'll be going to court tomorrow in London, OK?
0:13:07 > 0:13:11OK, say again, please. Tomorrow is London court?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Yes, yes. There's two courts tomorrow, 10am and 2pm.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17We always aim to get them there for ten, OK?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20If, for any reason, they're really busy tomorrow,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22it may get pushed on to 2pm.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26But, as it stands, I aim to get him there ready at court for 10am.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29If there's nothing else, we're going to be leaving now, OK?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31All right. Come with me, fella.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35You got it?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Right. Just put your hands out. - Sorry.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40You're OK.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Just... OK? Are they all right?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Ladislav Danco will be taken to a custody suite in Leeds,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59where his identity will be checked and confirmed.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Two thumbs.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Tomorrow morning, he will be taken to Westminster Magistrates' Court.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06The fact that he could be sent home
0:14:06 > 0:14:11to face trial for four different offences seems to be sinking in.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's the end of a long shift,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20and time for Dave and Tom to tackle the paperwork
0:14:20 > 0:14:24to start the extradition process.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26It's likely that Ladislav Danco will stay in this country
0:14:26 > 0:14:30for several more months until that is complete.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34For now, the authorities will be keeping a close eye on him.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Tomorrow's probably going to be 500 to £1,500 to get bail.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41On top of that, he will have to sign on at a police station,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43probably three times a week.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47He will probably have a curfew at home and he will get a tag.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Kingpin Ian Stanton ran a drug-dealing empire from Merseyside,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02doing business with crime gangs across the country.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07In 2012, Cleveland Police had already seized large quantities
0:15:07 > 0:15:08of the cocaine and amphetamine
0:15:08 > 0:15:10supplied to dealers in the north-east,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13but the gang seemed unstoppable.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17If they lost a kilo of cocaine it didn't really seem to make
0:15:17 > 0:15:18that much difference to them.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23They had the money and the means to get a resupply.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27The National Crime Agency launched an investigation into Ian Stanton
0:15:27 > 0:15:31and his gang. This surveillance officer was involved.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32He was a nationwide criminal.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36In fact, not just a nationwide - internationally as well.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Borders held no bounds for him.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The investigation made a major breakthrough
0:15:42 > 0:15:45when a huge quantity of cocaine was discovered hidden
0:15:45 > 0:15:50in a shipment of beef at Tilbury Docks in Essex.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Port authority opened up the back of the container and found within it,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56piled up high, just at the front where you open the doors,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59black holdalls - large black holdalls.
0:15:59 > 0:16:06Within the large black holdalls were kilo-sized shrink-wrapped packages.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Inside the frozen meat container were 400 kilos of drugs
0:16:11 > 0:16:14destined for the north-west.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17We couldn't believe how much commodity actually was within
0:16:17 > 0:16:18the container, to be honest.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24We did tests on the drugs and we identified that it was cocaine,
0:16:24 > 0:16:2979% pure, a street value of approximately 70 million.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36At the NCA, officers devised a plan to catch dealers red-handed.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40They replaced the cocaine with dummy packages
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and watched to see who would collect them.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45We ended up basically dummying the load,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48changing the drugs for an innocuous substance.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53The lorry of frozen beef with the dummy drugs on board was followed
0:16:53 > 0:16:57the 250 miles from Tilbury to Wigan.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03Surveillance officers looked on as one of the crew collected the drugs.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05It didn't take him long to discover the switch
0:17:05 > 0:17:09and call the rest of his gang to a crisis meeting,
0:17:09 > 0:17:14all under the watchful gaze of the NCA surveillance team.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19We covered a meeting on the Thursday of the 16th of May in Aintree
0:17:19 > 0:17:24where five individuals had a meeting to discuss the loss of commodity,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27as in, they didn't know where the cocaine had gone.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The meeting was headed by Ian Stanton
0:17:30 > 0:17:33and they were discussing how they could recover the drugs.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37But with the massive haul of drugs seized and the police on his trail,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Stanton decided it was time to leave the country,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and although he was fleeing the UK,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48he'd still continue to run his empire from abroad.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51He was very much in control on a daily basis.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53He would send orders out to those beneath him,
0:17:53 > 0:17:59he constantly wanted reassuring that his orders were being carried out.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01He wanted to know who had received what drugs,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03what money they'd collected in.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06It seemed likely that Stanton was running things from somewhere
0:18:06 > 0:18:10in the Netherlands where he was known to have contacts.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Six months later, a chance encounter with undercover police
0:18:18 > 0:18:20in Rotterdam would blow his cover.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Thinking they were tackling a small-time drugs dealer,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40the officers drove to the house in the north of the city
0:18:40 > 0:18:43where they believed ecstasy was being dealt.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Coming up...
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Dutch cops come face-to-face with Merseyside's most wanted.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20In Hounslow, Pete Rance and his team of detectives are getting ready to
0:19:20 > 0:19:24arrest a man accused of a long list of crimes committed in India.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30During widespread rioting in Gujarat back in 2002,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Samir Patel is accused of burning three people to death
0:19:34 > 0:19:39as well as arson and rioting.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41He got a visa... Legitimately obtained a visa
0:19:41 > 0:19:44to come to the United Kingdom in 2005
0:19:44 > 0:19:46but it was only a short-term visa
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and what happened was he didn't go back, he disappeared into the ether.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52He got arrested a few years ago for shoplifting
0:19:52 > 0:19:55in the United Kingdom and provided a different date of birth
0:19:55 > 0:19:58with just the name Samir Patel,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01which in itself is quite a common name,
0:20:01 > 0:20:05so that didn't lead to us being able to locate or find him
0:20:05 > 0:20:06at that particular time.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09But further work that's been done led us to believe that
0:20:09 > 0:20:13the Samir Patel that did get arrested for shoplifting
0:20:13 > 0:20:18back in 2013 was in fact the person that was wanted in India.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23The team have tracked Patel down to a newsagents in Hounslow,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27West London. Posing as a customer, Pete pops into the shop
0:20:27 > 0:20:29to check if he's there.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33And our man's serving. He soon returns with good news.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Right, everyone ready? Let's go.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's time to make the arrest.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43But first the team must confirm his identity.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49My name's Pete Rance, I'm a detective sergeant with the Metropolitan Police.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Can we just ask you your name, please?- Patel.- And your first name?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54S Patel. S Patel.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56S. What's the S stand for?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Sam Patel. Sam Patel.- Sam?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Sam. Have you got any middle names?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- Yeah.- What's your middle name? - Samir Patel. Samir Patel.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And do you have a middle...? A middle name in the middle?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- S V Patel. S V Patel. - Asri?- Samir V Patel.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16- V? What does the V stand for? Vinubhai.- Vinubhai.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18'It helps a great deal if the person that you've got before you'
0:21:18 > 0:21:21actually acknowledges and accepts that they're the person
0:21:21 > 0:21:24wanted in that jurisdiction because then the issue's taken away
0:21:24 > 0:21:27from the court, we can provide the evidence that they have consent...
0:21:27 > 0:21:31That they have acknowledged that they're the person that's wanted.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Is that you when you were younger?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- No, sir.- It is you? - I think so.- You think?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Yes.- It is you, yeah?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45At first, the man agrees that
0:21:45 > 0:21:47he is the man in the photograph Pete shows him.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50And this is you when you made an application for a visa to come to
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- the United Kingdom?- No. - Same person.- No.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- Samir Vinubhai. - But then he changes his story.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- Yeah?- I'm... I don't think so. - No, this is you, though, yeah?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- This is your photograph. - No, is my one is the other one.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- No, sir, this one is not mine. - You're saying it's not you, now?- No.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Pete perseveres, and a new line of questioning seems to help.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16What's your father's name?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- Vinubhai.- Vinubhai.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22So, father's name is Vinubhai. What's your mother's name?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Vimlaben.- Vimlaben. - Yeah.- Yeah? So this is you.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The crime was an old photo and obviously in the 14 years plus
0:22:29 > 0:22:32that have passed, his appearance had changed.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37I was absolutely confident that the person that I had before me was
0:22:37 > 0:22:39in fact that the person that was wanted back in India.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- You said this is you. - No, sir, this one is not mine.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Patel seems intent on denying he's the man on the application for
0:22:45 > 0:22:50a visa that's now expired until Pete reveals he's there to arrest him
0:22:50 > 0:22:54for a long list of very serious crimes.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00You're accused of murder by setting on fire Kadarbhai Ismailbhai Vora.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06You're wanted for murder by setting on fire Aaiyeshaben Abdulbhai.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11And you're wanted for murder by setting on fire Nuriben Gafurbhai.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13OK? You're under arrest on the warrant.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15You do not have to say anything.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Do you understand?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You're under arrest.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I'm just going to put these on you, OK, until we go to
0:23:25 > 0:23:27a police station and we can take them off, OK?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29OK, sir.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- I'm nothing what I was.- It's the same people. The same people.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40OK, we're going to take you to a central London police station,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43OK, and then you'll be put before a court this afternoon.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50It went as well as I hoped it would actually because he'd initially
0:23:50 > 0:23:54given us the name Samir Vinubhai Patel,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56which is the name on the warrant.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00He's accepted initially that the photograph
0:24:00 > 0:24:04of the requested person is him, although I think when he's realised
0:24:04 > 0:24:06what's about to come he's then retracted
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and said that the second photograph isn't him.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Samir Patel is taken into custody at Charing Cross Police Station.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22Tomorrow, the man accused of three horrific murders will be put before
0:24:22 > 0:24:25a judge who will rule on his extradition to India.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39At Tilbury Docks in Essex in May 2013,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43a routine search uncovered one of the biggest hauls of drugs
0:24:43 > 0:24:46to be smuggled into the UK -
0:24:46 > 0:24:50£70 million worth of cocaine hidden in a shipping container
0:24:50 > 0:24:52full of frozen beef.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54We couldn't believe how much commodity was actually within
0:24:54 > 0:24:56the container, to the honest.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59We did tests on the drugs and we identified
0:24:59 > 0:25:02that it was cocaine, 79% pure.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Heading up the gang tasked with recovering the drugs
0:25:07 > 0:25:09was Ian Stanton.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13But when investigators began to close in, he went on the run.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Six months later, undercover officers in the Netherlands
0:25:21 > 0:25:25went to investigate an address in Rotterdam.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27They'd been tipped off that small quantities of drugs
0:25:27 > 0:25:30were being sold from the house.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32What they didn't realise was that
0:25:32 > 0:25:36one of the UK's most wanted fugitives was hiding inside.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Upstairs, Stanton was hiding.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58With the cuffs on the fugitive, they searched the house.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Intelligence officers set about establishing who the man
0:26:18 > 0:26:20they'd arrested was.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Stanton was using a false passport but checks on his documents
0:26:24 > 0:26:28and fingerprints soon identified him.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32We then took contact with the English police through Interpol
0:26:32 > 0:26:37and they said, well, Stanton is one of their most wanted criminals
0:26:37 > 0:26:39in England and this is his picture.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57At the NCA, the surveillance team who'd helped track him
0:26:57 > 0:26:59were delighted that Ian Stanton,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02one of Merseyside's most notorious drug barons,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06was to be returned to the UK to face justice.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09He was actually extradited back to the UK
0:27:09 > 0:27:12on the 18th December 2013 and that was a good day for the team.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14We sent a member of our staff down to arrest him,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17brought him back to the north-west area.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20The team were really pleased because obviously it's sending a message
0:27:20 > 0:27:23out to the public that basically no matter where you go,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26you've got no way to hide and we will look for you,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28we will find you and we will bring you back.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Ladislav Danco - wanted for offences including theft and burglary,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45is currently on bail while he appeals against his extradition.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54Samir Patel appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in August 2016.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01He consented to his extradition and is now in India.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06And Merseyside's most wanted, Ian Stanton,
0:28:06 > 0:28:11was in November 2013 sentenced to 12 years in prison.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15He was jailed for a further 16 years in June 2015 for his part in
0:28:15 > 0:28:19another multi-million pound drugs conspiracy.