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 > 0:00:26But 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 > 0:00:32also trying to escape justice.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35From the sun-drenched Costas
0:00:35 > 0:00:38where the villains seek a life of luxury
0:00:38 > 0:00:41to the busy streets of the Dutch capital
0:00:41 > 0:00:44where many continue their life of crime.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We join the crack teams hunting them down.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50When you take the risk to come to Amsterdam as a criminal,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53there's a high chance that we catch you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57When it comes to justice, borders are no barrier.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00You're under arrest under the Extradition Act 2003.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04This is how the police take down the fugitives...
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Police officer!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08..both at home and abroad.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11If you're thinking of running, don't.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We will find you.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16We will bring you back.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24In today's programme,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27could a man accused of murder during these riots
0:01:27 > 0:01:30now be working in a West London newsagents?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Is this your photograph? - No, sir. This one is not mine.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36In Leeds, officers track down someone
0:01:36 > 0:01:39wanted for people trafficking in Portugal.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I'm going to arrest you on a European Arrest Warrant issued by
0:01:43 > 0:01:45the Portuguese authorities for an offence of human trafficking.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Human Trafficking? - Human trafficking, yeah.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And how a major British drugs baron got his comeuppance
0:01:51 > 0:01:55thanks to determined undercover Dutch officers.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58When we heard it was a big fish we said to each other,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00"You can run but you can't hide."
0:02:08 > 0:02:11In West Yorkshire, a two-man team are out
0:02:11 > 0:02:15to find and arrest foreign offenders.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20It's 11 o'clock on a Monday night, and PCs Tom Allen and Dave Lockwood
0:02:20 > 0:02:23are setting off in search of a man who is very difficult to find.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30So tonight we're going to be looking for a lad
0:02:30 > 0:02:34who we've been looking for for probably a couple of months now.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37He's got loads and loads of addresses in Leeds
0:02:37 > 0:02:39and I've been working my way through them.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45And, in truth, it's been hard work because he moves around so much.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49The team head towards Leeds and the last-known address for the man
0:02:49 > 0:02:50they're looking for.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Ladislav Danco is accused of four offences,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00including theft and burglary,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02back home in the Czech Republic.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06He's wanted by the Czech authorities for
0:03:06 > 0:03:09"theft from a shop, burglary, damage to motor vehicle
0:03:09 > 0:03:13"and section five of the Public Order Act."
0:03:13 > 0:03:16But the man they're after has made a basic mistake.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It's a stroke of luck, really.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22This gentleman has lost his ID, lost his passport
0:03:22 > 0:03:24and a number of other ID within the Leeds area,
0:03:24 > 0:03:29so he's contacted the police to report that missing.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31In doing that, it's given us a new address,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35which has saved me a lot of time.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38There's a contradiction there. There's a guy wanted.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42He's tried to remain at large by changing his address frequently,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44but after a period of time there
0:03:44 > 0:03:46becomes that normalisation where
0:03:46 > 0:03:48they believe that they're no longer wanted,
0:03:48 > 0:03:49there's no-one looking for them,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and they try to assimilate into society.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55And it's quite a natural, normal thing to do to,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58to report your passport missing at a police station.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02He was clearly unaware that by doing that he was just introducing himself
0:04:02 > 0:04:05to law enforcement to say, "Here I am."
0:04:07 > 0:04:10When Dave and Tom arrive at the new address,
0:04:10 > 0:04:15at first there's no sign of the man wanted in the Czech Republic.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Young kid having his tea.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20KNOCK AT DOOR
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I think he's eating a tub of ice cream.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Hello, love.- Hello. - Hello, it's the police.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Are you OK? Am I OK to come in and talk with you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Yeah.- OK. Do you speak good English?
0:04:32 > 0:04:34OK. What nationality are you, please?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Me?- Yeah.- Czech Republic. - Czech Republic.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Is there anybody else in the house?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yeah, my stepdad.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- What he's called?- Ladislav. - Ladislav.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Can you ask him to come down, please, so I can talk to you all?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Would that be OK? Hello, Ladislav.- Are you OK?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- OK.- Do you speak good English?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Ladislav clearly hasn't been expecting visitors,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and it's obvious he speaks little English.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I'm going to get a police interpreter on the phone, OK?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- And then we'll talk to you. - I'll just go upstairs with you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Whilst Ladislav Danco gets dressed,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Dave calls an interpreter who will explain the charges.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I will be arresting this male and I need to use yourself to explain
0:05:17 > 0:05:19to him what's happening,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21so he'll know what I'm arresting him for,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and obviously if he's got any medical conditions or anything
0:05:24 > 0:05:25before we leave the house.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Ladislav, come and take a seat, please.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Yeah, yeah.- On here I have the interpreter. So take a seat.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- Do you just want to make sure you can understand her?- Hello.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42You can understand her? If you can explain to him the reason I'm here
0:05:42 > 0:05:46is there's a European arrest warrant being issued for him
0:05:46 > 0:05:49by the Czech authorities.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51The man's partner is anxious.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54She wants to know where he will be taken.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56He'll be going to court tomorrow in London, OK?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59OK, say again, please. Tomorrow is London court?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Yes, yes. There's two courts tomorrow, 10am and 2pm.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06We always aim to get them there for ten, OK?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09If, for any reason, they're really busy tomorrow,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11it may get pushed on to 2pm.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14But, as it stands, I aim to get him there ready at court for 10am.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17If there's nothing else, we're going to be leaving now, OK?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19All right. Come with me, fella.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23You got it?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Right. Just put your hands out. - Sorry.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28You're OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Just... OK? Are they all right?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Ladislav Danco will be taken to a custody suite in Leeds,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48where his identity will be checked and confirmed.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Two thumbs.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Tomorrow morning, he will be taken to Westminster Magistrates' Court.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54The fact that he could be sent home
0:06:54 > 0:06:59to face trial for four different offences seems to be sinking in.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05It's the end of a long shift,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09and time for Dave and Tom to tackle the paperwork
0:07:09 > 0:07:12to start the extradition process.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15It's likely that Ladislav Danco will stay in this country
0:07:15 > 0:07:18for several more months until that is complete.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22For now, the authorities will be keeping a close eye on him.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Tomorrow it's probably going to be 500 to £1,500 to get bail.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29On top of that, he will have to sign on at a police station,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32probably three times a week.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35He will probably have a curfew at home and he will get a tag.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The Pennines - high moorland dividing northern England.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Back in 2012, these quiet roads
0:07:50 > 0:07:53were arteries for the trafficking of drugs between
0:07:53 > 0:07:58two organised crime gangs on either side of the country.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It was drugs. It was a lot of drugs.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02There was a lot of money changing hands.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05The trade centred on Liverpool on the west coast,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07and Hartlepool on the east.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14For years, police in both areas struggled to find the ringleader.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17But when surveillance officers staked out an Italian restaurant
0:08:17 > 0:08:21in Wetherby in West Yorkshire in September 2012,
0:08:21 > 0:08:26they were able to identify the Mr Big of the operation.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30It was this man, Ian Stanton, who was running the show.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35His Merseyside gang was peddling drugs to a huge area,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39from the Midlands all the way up to Scotland.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43In the north-east we're just one element of his operations.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46From the vast telephone analysis we did,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49he was sending couriers on a daily basis
0:08:49 > 0:08:52to different parts of the country.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55With Stanton and other gang members identified,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59police in the north-east were able to seize huge quantities of drugs
0:08:59 > 0:09:03and cash in seven different operations.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06But it seemed to make little difference.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09They had immense resilience because they had so much money,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12so many drugs.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15It didn't seem to matter what we did or what drugs we took out,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18they had the ability to keep going.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23By now, Ian Stanton was one of the UK's biggest drug dealers.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26The National Crime Agency,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30who lead the UK's fight against serious and organised crime,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32were keen to take him down.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37This surveillance officer was part of the operation.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39He was a nationwide criminal.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Not just nationwide - internationally, as well.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45He had links to the north-east.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48He travelled to London frequently.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51So, basically, borders held no bounds for him.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Then in May 2013 came a major breakthrough.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59In a shipping container of frozen beef at Tilbury Docks in Essex,
0:09:59 > 0:10:05officers working for the port uncovered 400 kilos of cocaine
0:10:05 > 0:10:07hidden in 16 holdalls.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11It had a street value of £71 million.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13We've gathered evidence before,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16but we've never had a seizure of such a large amount.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19400 kilos of cocaine is very significant.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Obviously to flood the streets with that amount of commodity would cause
0:10:22 > 0:10:26some serious harm to local communities.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It was one of the biggest drugs hauls ever seen in the UK
0:10:29 > 0:10:34and it gave officers the opportunity to plan a daring sting,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38hoping to catch Stanton and his gang red-handed.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49For many fugitives, a steady supply of ready cash is essential
0:10:49 > 0:10:52for funding a life of luxury abroad.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Criminals are increasingly wary of using bank accounts and cards to
0:10:57 > 0:11:01transfer money as investigators can pick up a trail all too easily.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04If you're using your bank cards or a wire transfer, we can track that,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07we can trace it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10We will find the money and we have a really, really good relationship
0:11:10 > 0:11:13with the banks. We'll get the money back.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Men and women on the run often think it's safer
0:11:15 > 0:11:18to rely on old-fashioned banknotes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22But the National Crime Agency is already fighting back,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27banning the fugitives' favourite, the 500 euro note.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31We worked with the European Central Bank
0:11:31 > 0:11:35and the Bank of England to get that note removed from circulation.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38So it's just not a normal note that you would see,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41because every indication that we had was that the only people that were
0:11:41 > 0:11:45using the 500 euro note were organised criminals -
0:11:45 > 0:11:48principally drug dealers.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53On the front line to stop the traffic of large quantities of cash
0:11:53 > 0:11:55through ports and airports are the sniffer dogs.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Here at the Surrey Police dog school,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04this group of young spaniels are over halfway through their six-week
0:12:04 > 0:12:10training course, learning how to detect drugs, guns and cash.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Scout is a springer spaniel.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17He's been working with handler Scott for just four weeks.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20We've been learning to find money today.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23So we have been learning to find sterling
0:12:23 > 0:12:25and also euros.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29We know that along with drugs, there's also a lot of cash
0:12:29 > 0:12:33and we need to find that cash to be able to take it off the streets.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Come on! One more...
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Andy Hayward has been working with police dogs for 24 years.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43He says dogs' noses are so sophisticated,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47that they can tell the difference between euros and yen.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49It's the ink more than anything else.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50The paper does have an odour
0:12:50 > 0:12:53and it varies in different parts of the world,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55but most of Europe is the same ink and paper.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And that changes when you go over to the Americas
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and when you go across over to Asia.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05It's time for Scout to put his super snout into action
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and learn to sniff for cash.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Here we've got the cash. It's issued by the Bank of England.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15In order to make sure the dogs don't sniff out the odd tenner,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19they're trained to detect large amounts of money.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21When it's being smuggled in or it's illegal,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24it's normally a large amount, and for these dogs to work,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27we're not looking for the general Joe Public,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30the member of the public who's going to be there with it in his wallet
0:13:30 > 0:13:32or things like that, so they tend to ignore that.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34We're looking for bulk amounts of cash.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37First of all, Scout is shown the money
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and taught to recognise its smell.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43The idea is we will imprint the scent of that cash whereby the dog
0:13:43 > 0:13:47associates that smell with the reward of the tennis ball.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51The dogs are led to the breeze-block with the money hidden inside,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54and as soon as they smell it, they're given a reward.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59But Andy's not happy that Scout has got the smell
0:13:59 > 0:14:03properly imprinted on his brain.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04He's been a bit cute.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06He's had a very quick sniff and frozen.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I'd like him to have a proper draw of the substance.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15It's second time lucky and onto the next stage of the lesson.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Who's a good boy?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19At this stage, I'm pretty confident they've all been imprinted
0:14:19 > 0:14:23but we don't know that until we go through the proving session,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26which is the next phase, where they'll go from block one,
0:14:26 > 0:14:27and they'll do the complete run
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and it should indicate where the cash is
0:14:29 > 0:14:31and that's proved that they'll have it in their heads.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37This time the cash could be hidden inside any of these blocks.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Indication... - Whoa!
0:14:40 > 0:14:43As soon as he got to that block, he's had a smell of the gap,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45the money is in there and he's had a freeze indication,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49he's had a reward. I'm happy he's imprinted.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Excellent, mate. That's fine.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55Scout is now ready to undertake the final part of his training.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58If he can pass this test, he's on his way to becoming
0:14:58 > 0:15:00a specialist sniffer dog.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13In London, the Metropolitan Police's extradition unit deals with hundreds
0:15:13 > 0:15:16of cases each year.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20It's DS Pete Rance's job to track down men and women wanted
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- in other countries.- There's a real mix of cases that we deal with.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Some are as simple as knocking on a front door
0:15:26 > 0:15:28and people come willingly,
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Others involve a lot of resources, a lot of time,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34a lot of effort, a lot of detective work
0:15:34 > 0:15:36to actually confirm people's identities.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39And, you know, there are...
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Living in the UK, there are people who don't want to be found.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Can you open the door, please? It's the police.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Most of the extradition unit's work involves finding fugitives
0:15:53 > 0:15:57from other European countries hiding out in the capital,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59but they're also responsible for arresting those
0:15:59 > 0:16:03who are wanted further afield.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05'The team do deal with a wide range of offences.'
0:16:05 > 0:16:08They can be from a fraud -
0:16:08 > 0:16:11what we'd consider to be a straightforward fraud -
0:16:11 > 0:16:12through to wanted for murder.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14We get requests from all over the world
0:16:14 > 0:16:16and they are broken up into two regions.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18One is EU and then the other is non-EU.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And there's different legislation and different thresholds
0:16:21 > 0:16:25that need to be met for those two areas.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30Back in 2002, riots in the Gujarat region of India
0:16:30 > 0:16:32hit the headlines around the world.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- NEWS FOOTAGE:- These were Muslim homes torched last night
0:16:35 > 0:16:39by an armed mob. Most of the Muslims fled, but not all.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Five or six. - REPORTER:- Five or six children.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Widespread unrest between Muslims and Hindus led to the destruction
0:16:52 > 0:16:57of villages and towns, and left over 3,000 people dead.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Intelligence that's just landed on Pete's desk indicates that one of
0:17:02 > 0:17:05those accused of particularly serious offences
0:17:05 > 0:17:10could now be living in London. It's disturbing reading.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14These are statements from people in India detailing what they saw
0:17:14 > 0:17:16and what happened.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21You know, it's... Some of it's quite...graphic.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24You know, people being sprayed with kerosene.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29That's the sort of thing we're dealing with here in terms of...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32what he's believed to have been part of.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36The accused man's name is Samir Vinubhai Patel -
0:17:36 > 0:17:40wanted for murder, arson and riot in India.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44The accusation is that a group of Hindu men have attacked
0:17:44 > 0:17:49a Muslim village, poured kerosene on properties.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54It resulted in burning people alive. Extremely serious.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56And India issued a formal request
0:17:56 > 0:18:01for the extradition of Samir Vinubhai Patel,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04after an Interpol circulation had been made
0:18:04 > 0:18:07seeking his whereabouts.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13With new information about a potential address for Patel in
0:18:13 > 0:18:16West London, Pete wastes no time in briefing his colleagues,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20DCs Dave Salmon and Carly Rigg.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24So the intention today is to go to this bloke's work address,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28which is a newsagents over in... Near Heathrow Airport, in Hounslow.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I'll go into the address, ascertain that he's in there and working.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35He was in there last week working on the Tuesday.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We had someone have eyes on him last week.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42So we're confident there's a strong possibility that he'll be there.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- Right.- Everyone happy? - Yeah, happy with that.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50The key to establishing the suspect's identity
0:18:50 > 0:18:55is a series of photographs linking Patel to the riots in India
0:18:55 > 0:18:57and a later offence in the UK.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03The gentleman that they want is this individual here.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's the person that's wanted in India.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13We know that that same man made an application for a UK visa
0:19:13 > 0:19:18back in 2005 and the application was granted in 2006.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22And the work we've done has established that this individual
0:19:22 > 0:19:28was arrested in 2013 for shoplifting in the UK, in London.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32And it's our belief that these two men are one and the same.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35But when they arrive, the man working in the shop
0:19:35 > 0:19:39says he's not the man shown on Pete's paperwork.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Is this your photograph? - No, it's my one - other one.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44No is my one.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46He's accepted initially the photograph is him,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49although I think when he's realised what's about to come
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- he's then retracted that. - No, sir, this one is not mine.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54You're saying it's not you now?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Hunting fugitives takes teamwork.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05On the front line are the police making the arrests,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08but behind the scenes is an army of investigators
0:20:08 > 0:20:11at the National Crime Agency.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15My role involves looking for fugitives who are wanted by other
0:20:15 > 0:20:18European countries who we think might be living in the UK.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Across Europe, 18,000 arrest warrants are issued every year.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28The work to track down the fugitives hiding out in the UK begins,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32for people like Helen, with a European arrest warrant.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35You do have to read a lot of upsetting things that
0:20:35 > 0:20:38sometimes the worst people in humanity have done
0:20:38 > 0:20:40to other people and it can be hard
0:20:40 > 0:20:43but I think sometimes it gives you a bit of...
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Spurs you on a bit to go, "Well, now I want to find you."
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Officers like Helen can access a suspect's financial,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54phone and social security records.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58But sometimes it's as simple as checking out social media.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01"Where are you now?" is essentially the question we're asking.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04"Where are you right now? Where do I think you're going to be?"
0:21:04 > 0:21:07So that it's worth sending out to a police force,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11and do I think, if the police go and knock on that address,
0:21:11 > 0:21:12are you going to be there?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Providing the intelligence that leads to an arrest
0:21:15 > 0:21:17makes the job worthwhile.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's that satisfaction of thinking,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23especially when it's a dangerous individual,
0:21:23 > 0:21:27"you're off the streets, you can't commit these kind of offences now
0:21:27 > 0:21:29"because you are in our custody.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33"You're going to face justice for what you've done."
0:21:33 > 0:21:36You're helping to protect the public and you're helping to protect people
0:21:36 > 0:21:38not just here but across Europe as well,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41so it feels very wide-reaching.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43It's wide-reaching satisfaction.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Kingpin Ian Stanton ran a drug-dealing empire from Merseyside,
0:21:52 > 0:21:57doing business with crime gangs across the country.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02In 2012, Cleveland Police had already seized large quantities
0:22:02 > 0:22:03of the cocaine and amphetamine
0:22:03 > 0:22:05supplied to dealers in the north-east,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08but the gang seemed unstoppable.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12If they lost a kilo of cocaine it didn't really seem to make
0:22:12 > 0:22:13that much difference to them.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18They had the money and the means to get a resupply.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22The National Crime Agency launched an investigation into Ian Stanton
0:22:22 > 0:22:26and his gang. This surveillance officer was involved.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27He was a nationwide criminal.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31In fact, not just a nationwide - internationally as well.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Borders held no bounds for him.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37The investigation made a major breakthrough
0:22:37 > 0:22:40when a huge quantity of cocaine was discovered hidden
0:22:40 > 0:22:45in a shipment of beef at Tilbury Docks in Essex.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Port authority opened up the back of the container and found within it,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51piled up high, just at the front where you open the doors,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54black holdalls - large black holdalls.
0:22:54 > 0:23:01Within the large black holdalls were kilo-sized shrink-wrapped packages.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Inside the frozen meat container were 400 kilos of drugs
0:23:06 > 0:23:09destined for the north-west.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12We couldn't believe how much commodity actually was within
0:23:12 > 0:23:13the container, to be honest.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19We did tests on the drugs and we identified that it was cocaine,
0:23:19 > 0:23:2479% pure, a street value of approximately 70 million.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31At the NCA, officers devised a plan to catch dealers red-handed.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35They replaced the cocaine with dummy packages
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and watched to see who would collect them.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40We ended up basically dummying the load,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43changing the drugs for an innocuous substance.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48The lorry of frozen beef with the dummy drugs on board was followed
0:23:48 > 0:23:52the 250 miles from Tilbury to Wigan.
0:23:52 > 0:23:58Surveillance officers looked on as one of the crew collected the drugs.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It didn't take him long to discover the switch
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and call the rest of his gang to a crisis meeting,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09all under the watchful gaze of the NCA surveillance team.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14We covered a meeting on the Thursday of the 16th of May in Aintree
0:24:14 > 0:24:19where five individuals had a meeting to discuss the loss of commodity,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22as in, they didn't know where the cocaine had gone.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25The meeting was headed by Ian Stanton
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and they were discussing how they could recover the drugs.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32But with the massive haul of drugs seized and the police on his trail,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Stanton decided it was time to leave the country,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38and although he was fleeing the UK,
0:24:38 > 0:24:43he'd still continue to run his empire from abroad.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46He was very much in control on a daily basis.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48He would send orders out to those beneath him,
0:24:48 > 0:24:54he constantly wanted reassuring that his orders were being carried out.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56He wanted to know who had received what drugs,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58what money they'd collected in.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It seemed likely that Stanton was running things from somewhere
0:25:01 > 0:25:05in the Netherlands where he was known to have contacts.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Six months later, a chance encounter with undercover police
0:25:13 > 0:25:15in Rotterdam would blow his cover.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Thinking they were tackling a small-time drugs dealer,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35the officers drove to the house in the north of the city
0:25:35 > 0:25:38where they believed ecstasy was being dealt.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Coming up...
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Dutch cops come face-to-face with Merseyside's most wanted.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12When it comes to tracking down men on the run,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15police will often follow the money.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19If somebody's spending cash and only spending cash,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21especially if they're living in a modern city, it stands out,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24they stick out like a sore thumb.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27And if they're a foreign individual and they're only spending cash,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30then they really stick out.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33On the front line to intercept friends and relatives
0:26:33 > 0:26:38carrying ready cash to loved ones abroad are the police dogs.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41At Sussex Police's dog training centre,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Scout is learning to detect cash, and he's passed the first two stages
0:26:45 > 0:26:49of his training with flying colours.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Now he's taken to a different part of the building
0:26:52 > 0:26:54to sit his final test.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Scout makes a good start.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16It takes him less than a minute to find the cash.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19His handler, PC Scott Green, is pleased.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23So, just from earlier on - from proving on the blocks,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27he's taken that on board and we've now come to an environment and,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30yeah, he's just found some cash. So it's quite a quick process.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Really happy with Scout and he's progressing nicely.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37There's a reason why spaniels like Scout
0:27:37 > 0:27:39make particularly good sniffer dogs.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Alongside other long-nosed breeds like the German Shepherd,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47the scroll-shaped bones inside the nose make these dogs
0:27:47 > 0:27:511,000 times more sensitive to smell than humans.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So the scroll shapes travel all the way up here
0:27:54 > 0:27:56throughout the entire snout
0:27:56 > 0:27:58and that allows dogs to
0:27:58 > 0:28:00have a large surface area.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03So on top of the scroll-shaped structures you get
0:28:03 > 0:28:06what we call membranes that contain around them
0:28:06 > 0:28:08what we call odour-detecting cells.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12These odour-detecting cells, if you roll them up in dogs,
0:28:12 > 0:28:17they are larger, the size of an A4 paper in comparison to humans,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20which is probably just the size of a stamp.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24And it's those extraordinary senses of smell which enable these dogs
0:28:24 > 0:28:28to sniff out those sterling and euro notes.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Having passed his final test, Scout will soon be on duty,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34hot on the scent of any cash
0:28:34 > 0:28:37destined to help fugitives evade justice.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42There's nothing better than going out there, catching the bad guys.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45It's a really unique privilege for me, I think,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47because these dogs are great.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59In West Yorkshire, police officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen
0:28:59 > 0:29:02have a new European arrest warrant.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05They need to track down a man who is accused of committing
0:29:05 > 0:29:09serious offences in Portugal over a decade ago.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13It's for human trafficking and the chap we're looking for is facing
0:29:13 > 0:29:16a sentence of up to 25 years.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18But finding the suspect could be tricky
0:29:18 > 0:29:22as the warrant has no photograph or fingerprints.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26But they do have some information which could help locate him.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27We know which car he's using,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31so we're going to drive past the address now, see if his car's there.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Although they know the vehicle is being used around Leeds,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39they have no idea what this man looks like.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I think it's going to be one of two ways,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45he's going to be tiny and skinny, weedy, or he's going to be huge.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46- What do you think?- Don't know.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49If he's huge, you'll go, "I'll be right behind you!"
0:29:49 > 0:29:52If there's a dog, you'll go in first.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57As soon as they arrive at the address,
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Dave spots the car and there's a man in the driver's seat.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- He's sat in the car, mate, he's sat in the car.- Is he?- Yeah.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- Just there?- Just play on it's something to do with the car.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Hiya, are you all right, pal? - Yes, I am, yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16- Do you speak good English? - Yes, I do.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- Can we just have a chat with you, pal?- Yes.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Do you want to finish your call? - That's fine, no. That's fine.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- You're finished.- Is it your car? - Yes, yes, it's mine.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- Do you live here, somewhere here? - Yes.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Are we all right to go into your house and talk to you there?- Yes.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Is there a problem? - There may be, yeah, yeah.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33We'll talk to you now so people aren't listening.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Dave and Tom are pretty sure this is their man
0:30:35 > 0:30:39but they're reluctant to discuss the details out on the street.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43They move into the man's house to break the bad news.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- Did you used to live in Portugal? - Yes.- You did, right.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Unfortunately, I'm going to arrest you on a European arrest warrant
0:30:49 > 0:30:52issued by the Portuguese authorities for an offence of human trafficking.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- All right?- Human trafficking? - Human trafficking, yeah.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59We've got some paperwork for you that we'll...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- Human trafficking?- Yeah.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02From when?
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Between 2001 and 2004, allegedly.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08We don't know anything about it,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11they've just asked us to locate you and arrest you, all right,
0:31:11 > 0:31:12and put you before the court.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17The wanted man is clearly shocked by Tom's revelations,
0:31:17 > 0:31:21but the officers have to make sure that he has no surprises for them.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23No offence, I don't know you,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- but we're not going to risk you running off, OK?- No, no. Please!
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Have you got a jacket? A hoodie...?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Just grab that and we'll just bring it back in.- LADY:- That's mine.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Yeah, we'll bring it back. Once he's in the car, we'll bring that back.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Just hold that and no-one needs to see.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38He's not happy about being led out of his house in handcuffs,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41so the officers try to be discreet.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I'll take your missus's jacket back.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Cheers, thank you.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55On the way to the police station Dave explains what will happen next.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Right, just to let you know,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00do you know what to expect when we go into the police station?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- No.- Right, when we go through to custody
0:32:03 > 0:32:05we'll have to wait in a waiting room and once they're ready for us
0:32:05 > 0:32:08to be called up, we'll go up to something called the custody desk.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Now, the sergeant needs to know what you've been arrested for
0:32:11 > 0:32:14to make sure he's going to detain you or not,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17make sure we've done what we do with our powers.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Anyone arrested here in West Yorkshire
0:32:20 > 0:32:25must appear before a judge at an extradition court in London
0:32:25 > 0:32:27as soon as possible.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30But as Dave explains, this man will have the right to appeal
0:32:30 > 0:32:35against the offences he's alleged to have committed many years ago.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38OK, any questions or anything while you're at custody just ask
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and we'll let you know.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Just keep it in the back of your head
0:32:46 > 0:32:49you might be home in 24 hours' time, all right?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Just deal with tomorrow first
0:32:51 > 0:32:54before you move on and start panicking about all else.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Just watch yourself, he's going to open the door.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Let's take you inside, fella.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- Come out?- Yeah, yeah, come on, we're going to take you inside.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04There we go.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07As he's brought into the police station,
0:33:07 > 0:33:12the prisoner starts to realise just how bad things really are.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Little did he know when the police came knocking that allegations about
0:33:16 > 0:33:20his past would catch up with him in such a dramatic way.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22What the Portuguese are saying...
0:33:22 > 0:33:24They want you to go back, though. It's serious.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Tomorrow, I can't say what's going to happen...- I know.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30But you've not been committing loads of crime here in the UK.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33What I'm saying to you, there's no aggravating features
0:33:33 > 0:33:35apart from what you're wanted for.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Now he's facing a legal battle to prove he didn't commit the crimes
0:33:40 > 0:33:42he's accused of.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58At Tilbury Docks in Essex in May 2013,
0:33:58 > 0:34:02a routine search uncovered one of the biggest hauls of drugs
0:34:02 > 0:34:05to be smuggled into the UK -
0:34:05 > 0:34:09£70 million worth of cocaine hidden in a shipping container
0:34:09 > 0:34:11full of frozen beef.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13We couldn't believe how much commodity was actually within
0:34:13 > 0:34:15the container, to the honest.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18We did tests on the drugs and we identified
0:34:18 > 0:34:21that it was cocaine, 79% pure.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Heading up the gang tasked with recovering the drugs
0:34:26 > 0:34:28was Ian Stanton.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32But when investigators began to close in, he went on the run.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Six months later, undercover officers in the Netherlands
0:34:40 > 0:34:44went to investigate an address in Rotterdam.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46They'd been tipped off that small quantities of drugs
0:34:46 > 0:34:49were being sold from the house.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51What they didn't realise was that
0:34:51 > 0:34:55one of the UK's most wanted fugitives was hiding inside.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Upstairs, Stanton was hiding.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17With the cuffs on the fugitive, they searched the house.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Intelligence officers set about establishing who the man
0:35:37 > 0:35:39they'd arrested was.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Stanton was using a false passport but checks on his documents
0:35:43 > 0:35:47and fingerprints soon identified him.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51We then took contact with the English police through Interpol
0:35:51 > 0:35:56and they said, well, Stanton is one of their most wanted criminals
0:35:56 > 0:35:58in England and this is his picture.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16At the NCA, the surveillance team who'd helped track him
0:36:16 > 0:36:18were delighted that Ian Stanton,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21one of Merseyside's most notorious drug barons,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25was to be returned to the UK to face justice.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28He was actually extradited back to the UK
0:36:28 > 0:36:31on the 18th December 2013 and that was a good day for the team.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34We sent a member of our staff down to arrest him,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37brought him back to the north-west area.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40The team were really pleased because obviously it's sending a message
0:36:40 > 0:36:42out to the public that basically no matter where you go,
0:36:42 > 0:36:45you've got no way to hide and we will look for you,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47we will find you and we will bring you back.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58In Hounslow, Pete Rance and his team of detectives are getting ready to
0:36:58 > 0:37:03arrest a man accused of a long list of crimes committed in India.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09During widespread rioting in Gujarat back in 2002,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Samir Patel is accused of burning three people to death
0:37:13 > 0:37:17as well as arson and rioting.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19He got a visa... Legitimately obtained a visa
0:37:19 > 0:37:22to come to the United Kingdom in 2005
0:37:22 > 0:37:24but it was only a short-term visa
0:37:24 > 0:37:28and what happened was he didn't go back, he disappeared into the ether.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30He got arrested a few years ago for shoplifting
0:37:30 > 0:37:34in the United Kingdom and provided a different date of birth
0:37:34 > 0:37:37with just the name Samir Patel,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40which in itself is quite a common name,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44so that didn't lead to us being able to locate or find him
0:37:44 > 0:37:45at that particular time.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48But further work that's been done led us to believe that
0:37:48 > 0:37:51the Samir Patel that did get arrested for shoplifting
0:37:51 > 0:37:56back in 2013 was in fact the person that was wanted in India.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02The team have tracked Patel down to a newsagents in Hounslow,
0:38:02 > 0:38:06West London. Posing as a customer, Pete pops into the shop
0:38:06 > 0:38:08to check if he's there.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12And our man's serving. He soon returns with good news.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Right, everyone ready? Let's go.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19It's time to make the arrest.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22But first the team must confirm his identity.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28My name's Pete Rance, I'm a detective sergeant with the Metropolitan Police.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Can we just ask you your name, please?- Patel.- And your first name?
0:38:31 > 0:38:32S Patel. S Patel.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35S. What's the S stand for?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- Sam Patel. Sam Patel.- Sam?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Sam. Have you got any middle names?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- Yeah.- What's your middle name? - Samir Patel. Samir Patel.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47And do you have a middle...? A middle name in the middle?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- S V Patel. S V Patel. - Asri?- Samir V Patel.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- V? What does the V stand for? Vinubhai.- Vinubhai.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57'It helps a great deal if the person that you've got before you'
0:38:57 > 0:39:00actually acknowledges and accepts that they're the person
0:39:00 > 0:39:03wanted in that jurisdiction because then the issue's taken away
0:39:03 > 0:39:06from the court, we can provide the evidence that they have consent...
0:39:06 > 0:39:10That they have acknowledged that they're the person that's wanted.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Is that you when you were younger?
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- No, sir.- It is you? - I think so.- You think?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- Yes.- It is you, yeah?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24At first, the man agrees that
0:39:24 > 0:39:26he is the man in the photograph Pete shows him.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29And this is you when you made an application for a visa to come to
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- the United Kingdom?- No. - Same person.- No.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Samir Vinubhai. - But then he changes his story.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Yeah?- I'm... I don't think so. - No, this is you, though, yeah?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- This is your photograph. - No, is my one is the other one.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- No, sir, this one is not mine. - You're saying it's not you, now?- No.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Pete perseveres, and a new line of questioning seems to help.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54What's your father's name?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- Vinubhai.- Vinubhai.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00So, father's name is Vinubhai. What's your mother's name?
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Vimlaben.- Vimlaben. - Yeah.- Yeah? So this is you.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07The crime was an old photo and obviously in the 14 years plus
0:40:07 > 0:40:11that have passed, his appearance had changed.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15I was absolutely confident that the person that I had before me was
0:40:15 > 0:40:18in fact that the person that was wanted back in India.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- You said this is you. - No, sir, this one is not mine.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Patel seems intent on denying he's the man on the application for
0:40:24 > 0:40:28a visa that's now expired until Pete reveals he's there to arrest him
0:40:28 > 0:40:33for a long list of very serious crimes.
0:40:33 > 0:40:39You're accused of murder by setting on fire Kadarbhai Ismailbhai Vora.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45You're wanted for murder by setting on fire Aaiyeshaben Abdulbhai.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50And you're wanted for murder by setting on fire Nuriben Gafurbhai.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52OK? You're under arrest on the warrant.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54You do not have to say anything.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Do you understand?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00You're under arrest.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03I'm just going to put these on you, OK, until we go to
0:41:03 > 0:41:06a police station and we can take them off, OK?
0:41:06 > 0:41:07OK, sir.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- I'm nothing what I was.- It's the same people. The same people.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19OK, we're going to take you to a central London police station,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22OK, and then you'll be put before a court this afternoon.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29It went as well as I hoped it would actually because he'd initially
0:41:29 > 0:41:33given us the name Samir Vinubhai Patel,
0:41:33 > 0:41:35which is the name on the warrant.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39He's accepted initially that the photograph
0:41:39 > 0:41:42of the requested person is him, although I think when he's realised
0:41:42 > 0:41:45what's about to come he's then retracted
0:41:45 > 0:41:48and said that the second photograph isn't him.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Samir Patel is taken into custody at Charing Cross Police Station.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Tomorrow, the man accused of three horrific murders will be put before
0:42:00 > 0:42:03a judge who will rule on his extradition to India.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Ladislav Danco - wanted for offences including theft and burglary,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23is currently on bail while he appeals against his extradition.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Samir Patel appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in August 2016.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39He consented to his extradition and is now in India awaiting trial
0:42:39 > 0:42:41for murder, arson and riot.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47The court decided not to uphold the extradition of the man accused of
0:42:47 > 0:42:50people trafficking in Portugal.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54And Merseyside's most wanted, Ian Stanton,
0:42:54 > 0:42:59was in November 2013 sentenced to 12 years in prison.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03He was jailed for a further 16 years in June 2015 for his part in
0:43:03 > 0:43:07another multi-million pound drugs conspiracy.