Episode 6 Fugitives

-Go on!

-On the run...

-Get back here!

-..and over here.

Hands out now. Hands out!

When foreign criminals flee their home countries,

many hide out in the UK.

Give me your hands.

But if they think they're safe, they're wrong.

They know they're wanted.

A lot of these people are waiting for that knock on the door.

But the traffic in fugitives isn't all one way.

Across Europe, there are hundreds of British criminals

also trying to escape justice,

from the sun-drenched Costas,

where the villains seek a life of luxury,

to the busy streets of the Dutch capital,

where many continue their life of crime.

We join the crack teams hunting them down.

When you take the risk to come to Amsterdam, as a criminal,

there's a high chance that we get you.

When it comes to justice, borders are no barrier.

You're under arrest under the Extradition Act 2003.

This is how the police take down the fugitives...

Police officer!

..both at home and abroad.

If you're thinking of running, don't.

We WILL find you.

We WILL bring you back.

On today's programme...

Hands out now. Hands out now!

..there's no place left to hide for an armed robber

wanted by Polish police.

I'm delighted that he is now out of West Yorkshire,

and where he belongs.

It's a rude awakening for this fraudster,

who thought he'd got away with it.

You need to understand that you're under arrest

under the Extradition Act 2003.

You do not have to say anything,

anything you do say may be given in evidence.

And cashing in on crime -

how confiscating the assets of people on the run

is helping others stay on the straight and narrow.

West Yorkshire Police have one of the busiest extradition units

in the country.

Get down now!

Do not mess about!

Other hand. Now!

In the past six years,

they've arrested more than 400 criminals and suspects.

Open the door, or force will be used to gain entry!

Contact.

This is the force's extradition specialist, PC Dave Lockwood.

And he's teamed up with colleague PC Tom Allen.

Together, they track down fugitives and arrest them...

It is the wanted person.

..so they can be sent to face justice

in the countries where they're wanted.

Tonight, they're after a Polish man

convicted of a series of increasingly violent robberies.

The offences - the first one's an attack on a shopkeeper,

where he's gone in and stolen a till.

The second one is a bit worse than that,

he's basically thrown some tear gas in, and then a third one,

he's threatened the victims with Airsoft gun and tear gas,

and used violence on them to steal money.

Wanted in Poland,

violent armed robber Bernard Kulewicz

was sentenced to three years in prison,

and has a year still to serve.

A robbery is not that far away from a murder.

A robbery gone wrong becomes a murder.

And the thing about robbery is that it's a very emotional crime.

It's a very psychological crime.

And it requires the offender to be quite geed up,

because it's a confrontational crime.

So, we'll not take any chances with this lad.

-Nope.

-Go in, see if he's there, do a search,

get him cuffed and see what we deal with.

-See what we find.

-Okey dokey.

All right, pal, let's roll.

They have intelligence linking the wanted man

to five different addresses.

The first is thought to be the home of his brother.

SOFT WHISTLE

That side.

Do you want to...

Tom's going to the front door, I'm going to go to the rear.

So hopefully, he'll get contact up front,

if you want to stick with Tom.

While Dave covers the back exit,

Tom tries the front door for signs of life.

There's no answer.

It looks like no-one's home.

But now the fugitive could be tipped off that police are looking for him.

He did live there,

but he doesn't any more.

So we're going to shoot round to the ex-girlfriend's house now,

before the neighbours can notify him.

So, get there as soon as we can

so he doesn't have chance to abscond if he's there.

They've got to get to the next house on the list fast.

Just let me know if they're going up in twos or not, Tom?

I don't know what's front and back, mate, to be honest.

They believe this is the home of the wanted man's ex-girlfriend.

Local police were here five weeks ago,

responding to a report of a disturbance.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Dave and Tom suspect the man involved in that incident

is the fugitive they are hunting.

Hello. Can I just come in for two secs and I'll explain to you?

-Yeah.

-But the woman who answers the door has only just moved in.

The man they're after is long gone.

I was sure we'd get him at one of these two addresses,

it looked really good. So I'm really gutted, to be honest,

really disappointed.

They try other addresses and knock on more doors.

But tonight, they're out of luck.

The violent criminal they're after remains at large.

Back to the drawing board.

These officers won't be giving up the hunt.

A month later, the Polish robber is in their sights again.

Have you run those names through?

I think it was Bernard that was the wanted male?

-OVER RADIO:

-Bernard, he's showing still wanted.

The person we're looking for is back at the address as we speak.

We've got to go for him.

The Spanish Costas.

A great place for some sun, sea and sangria,

but also a magnet for British criminals trying to escape the law.

Spain has a great lure for fugitives,

because of how easily

they can replicate their British life in Spain,

so they can access English-speaking schools, the weather's good.

They can still get things like Sky Sports.

It sounds silly, but it's those little things

that make life comfortable and gives them a reason to set up home there.

One shady character who thought he could escape to the sunshine was

Manchester-born con artist Tony Murphy.

A fraudster with a taste for exotic and expensive foreign trips,

Murphy liked to live the high life,

and had the holiday snaps to prove it.

Tony Murphy's offending was,

he was heavily involved in a lot of fraudulent activity.

Things like overstating his income,

his employment on credit card applications,

so fraudulently obtaining credit.

Murphy got his hands on hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash

and assets by lying through his teeth when applying for loans.

He soon came to the attention of Greater Manchester Police.

When you looked at the patterns

around his finances,

and how he lived his life,

it appeared that he was living a cash lifestyle.

He was living well beyond any known legitimate means.

Despite evidence to the contrary, Murphy claimed to be unemployed,

and said he'd only earned £2,000 in six years.

But detectives knew he owned two houses,

one of them on this street in Manchester.

We could see from even the initial stages of a financial investigation,

that he was what the police would term "asset rich".

There followed a painstaking investigation,

but police were missing the vital evidence they needed

to prove their case.

The idea was to expose the lies

that were told in obtaining the mortgages,

the credit card agreements, the credit agreements,

that he had obtained over a series of years, really.

In coordinated raids, officers swooped on Murphy's properties.

We executed search warrants,

we did that at both of his addresses that he owned.

We actually found him here, on this road, in one of the houses here,

which is where he was living at the time.

Murphy was arrested and eventually pleaded guilty

to several counts of fraud.

But rather than face time behind bars,

Murphy packed his bags and went on the run.

He was now a fugitive.

But, it didn't take long for the National Crime Agency

to find out where he'd gone.

We had some pretty good intelligence from the off that he was in Spain.

We had some further intelligence, some financial intelligence,

that suggested his partner in the UK

had some financial transactions in Spain,

which confirmed to us what we thought, that he was out there.

His partner was travelling out to see him regularly,

so we obviously had an overview of where she was going and when,

which helped us to narrow it down to the Alicante region,

so a very popular region with fugitives.

With the NCA tracking Murphy's family, the net began to close.

Now the case was in the hands of this woman, Olga Lizana,

who for five years ran the Spanish national police's fugitives unit.

Though Tony Murphy didn't know it,

he was now on her list of wanted fugitives to hunt down.

I don't think Tony Murphy was stupid,

but he never realised we were also investigating his family to get him.

Across the UK,

a major police operation is underway

to find foreign offenders on Britain's road network.

Today, in Redditch,

officers Karl Lacey and Danny Evans

are with a team checking local car washes.

How many people are here today? Four, three?

One, two, three?

Nobody else?

'The car washes are predominantly foreign workers.'

-Iraq?

-Yeah.

-Right, OK, you haven't got ID cards, then.

Have you got any form of ID?

So the reasons for targeting car washes are twofold.

The first is to make sure

that there's no people there that shouldn't be working there.

The second reason for going to these car washes are because,

working with other partner agencies,

we need to make sure that these people aren't being exploited,

and that they have got a level of welfare.

-What's your name?

-So far, all the workers here have checked out.

But when they come to this man,

they find he is wanted by the immigration service.

This gentleman behind us is an absconder,

so he's going to be getting arrested.

I'm not sure of the full circumstances,

but he's absconded from the immigration service.

He's not got permission to be here.

He says he came into the country by lorry,

but he ran away before the immigration service

had a chance to process his case.

PC Matt Britton makes checks to confirm his status.

Just spoken with immigration, OK?

And at this moment in time, they've informed me that you've failed

to comply with the terms of your temporary release. OK?

INDISTINCT

Right, OK.

I've spoken with the immigration service,

they need to have a chat to you, OK?

So, at this moment in time, you are under arrest for that offence.

They're going on for your safety and mine,

because I envisage you might be a bit quicker on your toes then me,

all right? Do you want to go and swap your shoes over, then?

I'll just keep hold of you, mate, so you don't fall flat on your nose.

Jump down.

Now he'll be taken to Kidderminster police station,

where he'll be interviewed by the immigration service.

Have you got anything on you that you shouldn't have?

Once the runaway is handed over,

the team head out to their next car wash.

This one's in Hereford,

and Karl suspects another illegal immigrant could be working there.

Acting on some intelligence, we are going to a local car wash,

where it's possible that a person

who is in the country has overstayed their visa.

A couple of other marked police cars

and an immigration service van are also involved in this operation.

They're trying to keep a low profile,

so the team assemble at a nearby car park.

Literally driven through Hereford town centre in a convoy,

and already it's obviously turning people's heads,

because it's an unusual sight, they don't see it.

And we've not got much time to move on this,

we've literally got one shot to go and hit this premises.

Because if we spook anybody,

straightaway, people will just withdraw,

start closing doors,

and we won't be able to find this individual that we are after.

So we need to move pretty quick, now.

With all the team in place, they make their move.

-Hello!

-Hello.

-How are you doing? Are you all right, sir?

We're just doing some checks on you, OK?

On arrival, Danny immediately seeks out

the alarmed owner of the business.

We don't obviously want to ruin your business and obviously,

-we'll make some checks.

-That's fine.

-Where are all your documents? In the premises?

-Here.

OK, all right. We'll just get you through, then.

Can the three of you just take...

take me in to get the passports, yeah?

Danny follows the owner to his office,

so he can see if the man they're after is one of the employees.

Are you, are you all Romanian here?

No, I'm Egyptian, but I'm British citizen as well.

Right, OK. Are you living somewhere else at the moment?

-INDISTINCT REPLY

-OK, that's fine, all right.

-So, let me do some routine checks, then.

-Yeah.

We're happy we've identified everyone here at the moment,

we've got their details. It's just in the process of checking people.

I don't think,

initially, that the guy that we're after is here at the moment.

That's all good, thank you, sir.

-Thank you. Everything is all right, yes?

-Yeah, yeah.

The search has led to nothing.

The man they're looking for clearly isn't working here today.

I would imagine that once it's all settled down,

we will make some enquiries of people that do work here

and see if they point us in the right direction.

No, different date of birth.

But just as they're preparing to head off

to check out a new address they've been given, they get a lucky break.

Literally, just as we are leaving and pack up, ready to go,

casually, the guy that we're looking for

was just walking down the street.

Jump in the car for me, sir.

Me and Karl jump out and detain him.

This man matches the photo they have on the arrest warrant,

but he's giving police a different name.

You've got no ID on you at all?

So I just need your right index finger, so this one.

Index finger.

And your left one, please.

A quick check of his fingerprints

confirms this IS the man they're looking for.

Where are you from? Where are you from?

-Egypt.

-Sorry? Egypt?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Further questioning reveals

he's been living in the UK under a false identity.

Enquiries revealed that he's...

He's an illegal immigrant, ultimately.

It turns out that he's actually the brother of the car wash owner...

-Is this your brother, yeah?

-Don't worry about that.

-At home.

-At home?

-Where do you live?

-Can you step away a second, please?

..who's clearly agitated by his arrest.

It was more by luck that, as we were literally about to pull away

from the location, the gent's walked towards the car wash.

It's a mystery, really, how it happened.

A couple of minutes earlier or later and we'd have been out of that area.

Bit of luck. We've got this guy.

This fugitive has strolled straight into the arms of the law.

He'll be taken to Hereford police station

and faces being deported back to Egypt.

Fugitives on the run might think they've escaped justice

when they cross the border,

but they'd be wrong.

Police officers like to arrest people who have fled

and who are fugitives.

It's part of why you join.

It's the job of the National Crime Agency

to track down foreign criminals who've fled to the UK.

These individuals have committed crimes somewhere in Europe,

have fled and are wanted.

They may continue to commit crime when they're in the UK.

So it's in the UK's interest for us to deal with these people

and to send them back to where they're wanted.

Although the UK's relationship with the EU is changing,

one of the most powerful tools

at the NCA's disposal remains the European Arrest Warrant.

We receive 18,000 new European Arrest Warrants every single year.

So hundreds a week. We put them on the Police National Computer

and from that point onwards,

any police officer within the United Kingdom

can arrest that individual for the European Arrest Warrant.

Any fugitive named on a European Arrest Warrant will find themselves

instantly wanted across 32 countries.

At the click of a button, it is Europe wide,

within milliseconds,

so any police officer on the street,

if they happen to stop that individual,

they will know there and then

that they are wanted and be able to arrest them.

And the system works both ways.

The National Crime Agency also leads the hunt for British criminals

who've gone on the run.

There are essentially two types of European Arrest Warrant.

You have incoming, from Europe to the UK,

and outgoing, from the UK to Europe.

We don't send very many.

About 170 or so a year.

We are looking at people who have committed serious robberies,

drug dealing, serious child sexual exploitation offences.

Murder, rape, etc.

The more serious end of the scale of criminality.

And I think it's right that the UK does that.

Irrespective of whether European Arrest Warrants continue to operate

in the same way, the message for fugitives is clear.

We WILL keep looking for you.

We WILL find you.

We WILL bring you back.

In West Yorkshire,

police officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen are out

hunting fugitives wanted on European Arrest Warrants.

The further you run and the longer you've been at large,

the more convinced you are of your freedom.

But, actually, that brings you closer to being caught

because it's inevitable that, at some point,

you'll come to the attention of police,

particularly if you're committing offences.

A month ago, they were looking for this man, Bernard Kulewicz,

a convicted armed robber wanted in Poland,

but so far, he's given them the slip.

Now, tonight, more than four weeks later,

a call comes through over the radio.

Have you run those names through?

I think it was Bernard that was the wanted male.

-OVER RADIO:

-Bernard, he's showing still wanted.

We've got to go for him.

It's a reported sighting of the criminal they've been chasing

for more than a month.

The person we're looking for is back at the address as we speak.

So we're going to get across to South Elmsall

and see if we can lock him up.

Dave and Tom need to make their way across town as fast as they can.

This is the first time anybody's seen him at the address,

so we don't know how long he's going to be there.

So the quicker we can get there,

the more chance we've got that he will still be at the property.

They arrive back at the house they visited a few weeks earlier.

But after repeated knocking, no-one's answering.

We've got down here as soon as we could,

we're covering front and rear

and we're putting challenges in at the address,

knocking on the door, flashing our lights, and we're getting nothing.

Dave's in no mood to give up the hunt.

I'm not willing to come away from this address without going in,

so we've got some more officers en route down to us.

I think the plan will be, they'll cover the rear,

Tom and I at the front, and we go in and do a search.

Dave and Tom get ready to force entry into the house.

But just as they're about to put the door in, it's opened.

-Hello.

-Yes, hello.

OK.

Dave, someone's answered.

-What's your name?

-My name?

-BLEEP

Who else is in the house?

-My baby.

-Just you and your baby?

-No men?

-No.

-Right.

Are there any men in the house?

-My baby is here, please go out.

-Anybody else?

-No.

Right, we've been told... We have information...

-Yes.

-..that a wanted male is in this house.

-No.

-Called Bernard.

There's nobody here.

The woman insists there's no-one else in the house.

But they're not convinced.

The man they're looking for has a history of serious violence.

Dave's called for backup to help with the search.

We've got an uncooperative female,

she's finally opened the door and we've got the ram here.

Tom's just doing a search.

If you want to hold the door and watch the windows, I'll back him up.

The officers start searching for any sign of the fugitive.

There's nothing here. No documents or owt.

She's got kiddie things on everything.

No. No ID, no nothing.

I've got her ID. Is there a cellar? Downstairs?

-Yes. No, it's nothing.

-There's nothing.

-What's this here?

-It's just a cupboard I think, mate.

The house is bare,

and the officers find no sign of the wanted man.

But now they are sure the woman knows exactly

who they are looking for.

We've searched the premises. Looking at the identification,

I believe it's the girlfriend of the wanted male.

Girlfriend, partner, wife.

Whatever she is, she's uncooperative.

For now, it seems this armed robber

has once again dodged the law.

But the night's not over yet.

Bernard.

Bernard, come out.

When fugitives are caught, they are often locked up.

But it's not the only punishment these criminals face.

Police can also seize the cash and assets they've made

from their criminal activity.

Here in the West Midlands,

the spoils of crime are now lots at a special auction.

Police auctions always create a great deal of interest.

They want to see how the other half live,

and the criminals generally seem

to have been living quite a good life,

judging by the things that we see going through the auctions.

Most of the items here have come from small-time criminals.

There's no shortage of power tools and television sets,

but if you're lucky,

you might just be able to snap up a big-ticket item.

We do get things such as top-end watches

and items of jewellery.

People who commit crimes for financial gain

don't want to be separated from their fast cars and big houses

and luxury goods.

It's all made possible by a law called the Proceeds of Crime Act.

One of the key reasons that criminals commit crimes

is to get stuff, to acquire property.

The Proceeds of Crime Act doesn't worry so much about the person.

It doesn't worry about the fugitive,

it goes after the property.

Now, this is a very powerful tool for law enforcement,

because if you can get at a criminal's assets

and get at his money,

then you can remove the incentive to do crimes

that are all focused on getting property for that criminal.

This fleet of supercars was part of an incredible haul of property

confiscated by the National Crime Agency.

They raised well over £1 million

when they were sold at auction in 2015.

758...

They used to belong to a man called Alexander Surin,

earning him the nickname of Don CAR-leone.

Alexander Surin is a career criminal

and he's amassed huge amounts of wealth.

He has been investigated

and some successful prosecutions against him

for fraud and drug smuggling.

Surin's wealth became the subject of a five-year investigation

when he was linked to a massive drug-smuggling operation in France

in 2009.

We were able to see that there were no legitimate means

by which he had acquired those assets.

The National Crime Agency took the case to the High Court and got

permission to freeze Surin's assets.

We can lock these people up

but, ultimately, stripping them of their millionaire status

by the removal of the proceeds of their crimes, this hurts,

and it hits where it hurts.

While Surin didn't agree with the agency's case,

he decided not to return to the UK

to contest the evidence at trial, and in February 2015,

the NCA confiscated cars,

cash and property worth over £5 million.

This is a particularly important case for us.

It's exactly what the Proceeds of Crime Act was designed to do -

this is to take off huge amounts of wealth and status

away from high-end criminals who have been causing harm to the UK,

its citizens and its communities for long periods of time.

The money raised from the sale of criminals' ill-gotten gains

is used to fund community projects,

like this boxing club for kids in Solihull.

Good. There you go. So, a little feint and then throw your backhand.

So, one, two, feint, backhand.

Yeah, got it? Let's go.

In 2014, they received a proceeds of crime donation of ten grand.

It led to obviously being able to enhance the gym,

make it much better, give the kids a lot more variety, more options.

Proceeds of crime funds and the money that that generates,

the amount of kids that we can get off the street,

the amount of kids that we can keep on the straight and narrow,

because of this money, I believe it could change anyone's life.

In short, the Proceeds of Crime Act

hits criminals hard, and turns bad money to good.

Across the UK, a major week-long operation is underway,

aimed at taking foreign offenders off the streets.

It's coming up to five in the morning.

In the West Midlands,

Sergeant Ian Hands is on his way

to check out a fresh lead on a wanted fugitive.

We're just en route to an address in West Brom,

where there's a Polish lad

that's wanted on a European Arrest Warrant for fraud.

The man Ian's after is convicted fraudster Grzegorz Badura.

He was sentenced to two years in prison back in 2005,

but went on the run after serving just seven months.

Now he's been traced to an address in West Bromwich.

All week, there's been no answer, but today,

a routine patrol has brought a breakthrough.

This morning, one of the other cars

has just been past

and this male's vehicle is parked up on the driveway.

We know it's his, it's registered to him and insured to him.

Ian's hoping this extremely early morning call

will allow him to catch Badura unawares.

I'm just coming up the road now.

So we'll go straight towards the front and then hit the door.

Pulling up quietly, Ian meets two other officers at the house.

BANGING ON DOOR

As it's so early, it takes a little while for the door to be answered.

Hello, chap.

And it's opened by the man they're after,

a rather groggy Badura.

You don't want to let your dog out, do you?

-Grzegorz Badura?

-Yes.

OK. Mate, we've got a European Arrest Warrant out for your arrest

for fraud back in Poland.

We've managed to get back there, knock the door and, good as gold,

he was there, not expecting us.

Still asleep in his bed with his wife.

He was shocked to see us,

but on then speaking to him, once he'd let us into his house,

he knew about the European Arrest Warrant, he knew that was in force.

-Are you aware of this?

-Yeah.

Yeah?

What? Sorry?

-Is dealing with it?

-Yeah.

Because there's a warrant out for your arrest,

we have to take you to the police station.

-Can I get dressed?

-Yeah. We'll get you dressed and everything,

we won't take you out like that.

He felt he was safe because he'd spoken to his solicitor

but, ultimately, until that arrest warrant is taken out of force,

it's still there for us to execute.

Just to be sure, while Badura's getting ready

and saying goodbye to his wife upstairs,

Ian double-checks with the police control room

that his warrant's still in effect.

Yeah, yeah, so the warrant's still live.

Everything's still in order. We'll phone up the custody block,

see if we can get him in at Smethwick police station.

And he'll be taken there now.

The wanted man was convicted of seven fraud offences in Poland

back in 2005,

and still has a year-and-a-half of his prison sentence left to serve.

The past has caught up with him back in Poland and

he'll have to be processed and sent back there to be dealt with.

You all right, mate?

It's highly unlikely. Highly unlikely, mate.

Grzegorz, you need to understand that you're under arrest

under the Extradition Act of 2003.

You do not have to say anything,

but anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Fraudster Badura is taken into custody.

He's found out to his cost

that the UK is no safe haven for criminals

who haven't done their time elsewhere.

So, he's been here a number of years.

He had his family there, he was all set up.

It was a nice clean home.

He had a fairly new house, new car.

He was working full time, his wife's working full time.

He thought he was settled and up and running in this country and,

unfortunately, on that morning, we've changed his life for a while.

Back in October 2012,

Tony Murphy, a fraudster with a taste for adventure,

went on the run.

He pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and money-laundering

worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

But instead of returning to court to be sentenced,

he did a runner and headed for Spain.

What we find in Spain a lot of the time is that's their end goal.

That's their end destination,

so a lot of them want to move there and set up their life there.

And for a lot of them, they just want a normal life,

they want to carry on as if nothing's happened in the UK,

as if they have no past.

In the UK, it's the National Crime Agency

who lead the search for British fugitives abroad.

Once they knew that Murphy had gone to Spain,

they turned to Inspector Olga Lizana

to try and pinpoint his exact location.

At the beginning, we didn't get much information about Tony Murphy.

We just knew he was moving around Calpe and Benidorm,

Alicante, all the places like that.

Tried to check all that information,

but we were always a little bit late.

Meanwhile, back in Britain,

the National Crime Agency was tracking Murphy's family.

His partner was travelling out.

We knew when she was travelling out, we knew how she was travelling out.

So for us to pass that information to the Spanish,

it was invaluable for them.

She travelled out there several times,

so we built up a pattern of when she travelled, and once the Spanish did

start looking at her movements,

we were able to put a picture together of where we thought he was.

And when Murphy decided to bring his partner and kids out to Spain

to live permanently, police were waiting and watching.

All the information we can have about the fugitives

helps us to find them.

The kids are a good piece of information

because, well, more British fugitives

that have got kids here in Spain,

they take them to British schools.

The family settled in the village of Muxtamel near Alicante,

amongst a large community of British expats.

With the academic year just beginning,

Murphy enrolled his kids at an English school.

So we make some enquiries about two kids

because they've got two little kids.

We were sure they were at school here.

And we'd just tried to find out what the school was.

Police surveillance soon spotted Murphy

regularly doing the school run.

It gave Spanish police the ideal opportunity to arrest him.

Jose Luis led Alicante's serious crime team.

TRANSLATION:

Murphy put up a fight as Jose tried to arrest him.

After a year on the run,

Tony Murphy's time as a fugitive was at an end.

He had changed a little bit.

He cut his hair and, you know, the sun here is nice,

so his skin was a little bit different.

But we were sure it was him.

One of the best times to arrest someone

is when they're not expecting it,

when they're doing something as mundane as the school run.

They don't expect to be arrested,

so that was a really good time to take him out.

Back in Manchester,

the arrest reinforced the police's warning to those who go on the run.

Ultimately, you will be caught and we will catch up with you.

It might be by design, or it might be by accident,

but you will have to come back, and it's not going away.

In West Yorkshire,

officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen have been chasing a violent criminal

wanted for armed robbery.

But since they first tried to find him a month ago,

this fugitive has managed to evade capture.

I was sure we'd get him at one of these two addresses.

It looked really good. I'm really gutted we haven't.

Really disappointed.

After weeks of hunting for him,

they've had a tip-off that the man they're after, Bernard Kulewicz,

is right here in this house tonight.

But the woman who answered the door is adamant

there is no wanted man here.

Nobody here.

-Is Bernard here?

-Please go.

Tom and Dave search the property from top to bottom,

but they find nothing.

There's nothing here. No documents or owt.

Until, finally, a clue.

What did strike me as odd, though,

was the fact that she was willing to answer the door

whilst leaving her young baby, young child, upstairs alone.

And then, when we've gone back in and done a further search,

noticed a pair of trainers which are a UK size 8.

Bernard. Bernard, come out.

Hands out now. Hands out now.

MAN SHOUTS

-Who are you?

-Lucas.

All right. Don't mess about.

Let him cuff you.

I noticed instead of a bed,

they had two single mattresses on the floor,

with a gap down the middle.

So, a little tap down the middle, found a foot,

which is when I shouted Dave up,

just in case he did want to try his best to get away.

Yours?

The man claims his name is Lucas, and hands over an identity card.

Tom doesn't believe the card is genuine.

Why are you hiding?

Why hiding?

The false ID isn't fooling anyone...

..because the officers have a secret weapon they can turn to.

I'll get the fingerprint machine, just to make sure. I'll go grab it.

Stay there.

The advantage of having the mobile device is exactly that,

that it's mobile. It's with the officers at the time.

They anticipate that identity may be doubted or smoke-screen questioned

and, therefore, to have it accessible, there and then,

to require the person to provide a fingerprint, and then,

in a short space of time,

to have a definitive answer as to who that person is,

it saves time and it also avoids

that confrontation and that argument,

that perpetuation of, "No, that's not me."

The facts speak for themselves.

It takes just one minute for the fingerprint machine to check the

Europe-wide security system and prove this is Bernard Kulewicz,

the violent robber already convicted in Poland.

-Boom.

-Boom.

You're under arrest for three robberies, one of which is armed.

You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say

may be used in evidence.

After hiding, lying and providing fraudulent documents,

this slippery criminal has finally been brought to book.

The concealment of the man within the premises, that was good.

But not as good as Dave.

I was delighted that we caught him the way that we did.

And I'm delighted that he's now out of West Yorkshire

and where he belongs.

He is under arrest for three offences of robbery

that occurred in Poland.

His girlfriend is not impressed.

-Gents, can't thank you enough.

-No problem at all.

Come here. No, this side.

You sit here, stay there.

With what he's done now, no chance he's getting bail.

Not a chance in hell.

Just when you think you're having a bad night,

it all comes nice.

Even once this robber is taken into custody, he's still trying to hide,

this time from the camera.

He's under arrest. It's 5.45am and we've got a lot to do in

a short space of time. A month to the day, I think,

since we started looking for this chap.

So, absolutely fantastic to get him in, especially what he's wanted for.

I'm sure the public will be very happy

we've got this lad off the street.

-BLEEP.

-These handcuffs aren't coming off until you stop being aggressive.

-BLEEP.

-All right?

Come here.

BLEEP.

You need to calm down, fella.

-Calm down?

-BLEEP.

But no matter how much he doesn't like it,

this criminal's days on the run look to be over.

In here, shoes off. Shoes off.

Shoes.

See you later.

Job done.

For fraudster Tony Murphy, the high life was over.

He was sent back to the UK to start his two-and-a-half year sentence.

Both the illegal immigrants detained at the car washes

are being dealt with by the immigration service.

Polish fraudster Badura appealed against his extradition,

but the judge turned him down

and he was sent home on a military plane in June 2016.

And the armed robber caught hiding between the mattresses

is now back behind bars in Poland.

See you later.

Job done.