0:00:02 > 0:00:05Top panel, top panel, top panel. Get back from the door!
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Go, go, go!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Contain that door for us.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- What's your name? - MAN CRIES OUT
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- What's your name?! - Philip! Philip Stevenson!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Right.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Put your hands behind your back.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Is this back room clear?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29You're under arrest for escaping from lawful custody.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Every day in the UK, the police are on the hunt for known
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and suspected criminals.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Police with a warrant! Come to the door!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43They're armed with warrants and big red keys.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire forces
0:00:46 > 0:00:49have granted exclusive access to their raids.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- Police! - SHOUTING
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Their officers are wearing special equipment
0:00:54 > 0:00:56to give you a cop's-eye view
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and bring you closer to the action than ever before.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Wait, wait, wait.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Police!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Britain's streets are a battleground.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Stay back!- Stay out of the way. - Come on, stay back!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10On one side are the men and women fighting to keep us safe
0:01:10 > 0:01:13and on the other are The Wanted.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Police are hunting for two men
0:01:27 > 0:01:30who escaped from Kirkham Prison yesterday.
0:01:30 > 0:01:3134-year-old Philip Stevenson
0:01:31 > 0:01:34is serving a sentence for firearms offences,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38while Gareth Robinson, who's 24 years old, is a convicted burglar.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Both men are from Oldham
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and are believed to be in the Greater Manchester area.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47With two dangerous criminals on the run and on their patch,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Greater Manchester Police must track them down
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and put them back behind bars...
0:01:53 > 0:01:54..but it won't be easy.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00This is a county of 2.7 million people,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03spread across nearly 500 square miles.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07In relation to Operation Tribute,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09er, it's the manhunt for the two lads
0:02:09 > 0:02:13who've absconded from HMP Kirkham.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Is that right, Rick?- Correct, yeah. - Erm, the purpose really now is...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Leading the operation to recapture the prisoners is
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Detective Inspector Robert Cousen.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Right, so, phones.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26We've got a couple of key people there to go and visit,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- we need the cell searching at the prison.- Yeah.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34DI Cousen leads a team that are on round-the-clock standby
0:02:34 > 0:02:36for just this type of incident.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41One of the departments that I run is Critical Wanted Unit.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43In essence, that's a unit that deals with anybody
0:02:43 > 0:02:46who is considered a risk to the community,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50who has either escaped or is wanted for a serious offence and the...
0:02:50 > 0:02:54It's a small unit, but they have some very specialised skills
0:02:54 > 0:02:58in terms of tracking down people who don't particularly want to be found.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05The two inmates have been at large for over ten hours,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09so the clock is ticking loudly for the Critical Wanted Unit.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14The local press are onto the story.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18The public will be worried and with good reason.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21In essence, what they've done...
0:03:21 > 0:03:22It's an open prison, they've walked out,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24they should've been returning to the prison
0:03:24 > 0:03:26and they've not returned.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Stevenson was locked up in relation to a loaded firearm
0:03:30 > 0:03:33that he was in possession of when he was arrested,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36so he received a five-year sentence back in 2012
0:03:36 > 0:03:39and Robinson was in custody
0:03:39 > 0:03:42for a burglary and he'd received 42 months.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45So our objective is to take them back into custody.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The trail starts with a thorough search
0:03:52 > 0:03:54of both escapees' cell belongings,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57which have been sent over from Kirkham Prison.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Each bag is a potential gold mine of information.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We'll be going through letters, etc, anything that might give us
0:04:07 > 0:04:10some lines of inquiry to be able to track these lads down.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Alongside the letters, the names of friends and addresses of contacts,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19there's an even more valuable source of information -
0:04:19 > 0:04:22the suspects' mobile phone records.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- He's put some subscribers in... - Yeah.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28..for the numbers that he thinks are of use.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Is this the four ones that he said, the kind of...- Yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33..the four prominent numbers?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35And, ironically, the only one that hasn't come back is
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- the most important one, which is this 3037 number, I think.- Yeah.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- That's the one that's been trying to ring him today. - All right, catch you in a bit.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49When you make a phone call, your phone has to connect
0:04:49 > 0:04:52to a mast to send a signal,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56so that you can connect to whoever it is that you're ringing.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00What we do is we use specialism from the telecommunications world.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03They look at where the mast said it's connected to
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and then they look at a central point and they give us
0:05:06 > 0:05:09a really clear indication of where that phone is likely to be
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and then that gives us some really good lines of inquiry
0:05:11 > 0:05:13and hopefully that's a way that
0:05:13 > 0:05:15we're going to be able to locate them.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Prison escapes are rare.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Much more common are the petty, low-level crimes
0:05:33 > 0:05:37committed by everyone, from novice lawbreakers to serial offenders.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43With more than 100 arrest warrants outstanding in Manchester,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47it's down to the uniformed officers to mop up the wanted list.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Somebody get the...- Ladders? - ..the ladders and that.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00PC Phil Cross has over 20 years on the job.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's the early hours of the morning.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05We've had information that a lad we're looking for
0:06:05 > 0:06:09is one of four that's committed an aggravated vehicle taking
0:06:09 > 0:06:12where they've stole a car, pushed it down the road
0:06:12 > 0:06:14and overturned it, causing substantial damage.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16He's only a young lad,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but he's an up-and-coming problem in this area.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21He's caused a lot of grief to the residents.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23We need to nip him in the bud
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and get him in Young Offenders, I think, to rehabilitate him.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30In an attempt to track the youth down,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33the officers visit his last known address.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The front's there.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Do you want to do back or front? - I'll go to the front.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43They don't expect him to be there,
0:06:43 > 0:06:48nor do they expect a warm 4:30am welcome.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Just as well.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Hello, sorry to trouble you this time in the morning.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Are you here on your own? - No, my son's here.- Oh, is he?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Can we just come in and have a very quick word with you?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59All it is...
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Is Eliott in? Is Eliott here? - No! Like I'd let him come here?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- He's on the run, in't he? - Yeah, we've had some information
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- he's staying here with you. - He has not!- That'll be a no, then?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11'It does upset people, it's not nice on the children
0:07:11 > 0:07:13'that have to go to school the next day and stuff,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16'so, you know, we have to look at the community impact.'
0:07:16 > 0:07:18But unfortunately, that's what we have to do.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21You know, you can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs
0:07:21 > 0:07:23and, unfortunately, we're after our target.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26He's committing crime in the area, upsetting lots of people,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and creating victims every day of the week,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32robbing what they've got and it won't be tolerated
0:07:32 > 0:07:34and, unfortunately, we have to upset a few people
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to get that person in custody.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The team follow their next tip-off.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43OK, it's the first floor.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45They have a new address
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and higher hopes that their wanted youth will be inside.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It's the police, come and open the door, please.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- FROM INSIDE:- Yeah? - It's the police.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- INAUDIBLE RESPONSE - Yeah.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Contact, mate, contact.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Morning.- You all right? - You all right?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- What's up, pal? - Who's here with you, mate?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Just me and my girlfriend. - No-one else?- No.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Is Elliott here?- No, not at all.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20The young man claims that he and his girlfriend are the only occupants.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24But the officers are suspicious.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26We were asleep in the bed.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28What you doing in there? Get out!
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And, sure enough, in the darkness of the kitchen,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33hunched up behind the fridge...
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- You'll have to pull the fridge out. I can't move!- You idiot.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Why have you gone in there? - Hiding.- Why?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- UNCLEAR RESPONSE - Cos you're on the run, aren't you?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Right, come on out, quietly.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Have you been in there all night?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55OVERLAPPING CHATTER
0:08:57 > 0:08:59He's still an offender.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Who else is here? Eh?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- That were a bit stupid, weren't it?- Yeah.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Right, come on. Where's your...where's your shoes?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Put your hands on your head for me.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- HANDCUFFS CLICK - Right.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20- You're under arrest, OK?- Yeah.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24For aggravated vehicle taking at the moment. I must caution you
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- and tell you that you do not have to say anything...- I've got him.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29..but it may harm your defence if you do not mention
0:09:29 > 0:09:32when questioned something you later rely on in court.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand that?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37HE MUMBLES
0:09:39 > 0:09:42It's not what you expect in your kitchen cupboard, is it?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44'It's a bit of a cat-and-mouse game.'
0:09:44 > 0:09:48You know, you go in, you get your usual hiding places,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51inside the bed, in the base of the bed,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54in the wardrobes, in the cupboards,
0:09:54 > 0:09:59small kitchen units, in the TV cabinet, erm...so you expect
0:09:59 > 0:10:01'the unexpecteds very often,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05'so finding someone behind a fridge, it's quite funny, really, you know?'
0:10:05 > 0:10:07He doesn't even look like a fridge, does he?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11But, you know, he's not like a piece of furniture.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14It's a young lad hidden behind a fridge trying to get away.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Bearing in mind the fridge was pushed out three or four foot,
0:10:18 > 0:10:19it's quite easy, really.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22He's not the hide-and-seek champion of Oldham, is he, this lad?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- NEWS REPORTER: - 'Two men who went on the run
0:10:37 > 0:10:39'from Kirkham Prison in Lancashire are still missing.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43'They are believed to have travelled to the Oldham area on Saturday.'
0:10:45 > 0:10:50The search for the two escaped prisoners is now five hours old
0:10:50 > 0:10:54and the Critical Wanted Unit gather for an update briefing.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Operation Tribute - it's the manhunt, really,
0:10:57 > 0:11:01for Philip Stevenson and Gareth Robinson,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05who've absconded from HMP Kirkham on Saturday.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Do you want to go through the actions as they are at the moment
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- and we'll get some updates?- Right.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The operation is young, but the progress is promising.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17They've managed to build a clear picture
0:11:17 > 0:11:22of who Philip Stevenson's been in contact with since his escape.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27- Probably the more prevalent number is a 3073 number.- OK, that's good.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29That appears to be the only number
0:11:29 > 0:11:33that has tried to contact our target number today.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Hi, mate, we're just...
0:11:34 > 0:11:38With that information, the team start to track the phone.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40'We've got a number'
0:11:40 > 0:11:43that we believe Stevenson to be using and he's been contacting
0:11:43 > 0:11:47a partner or ex-partner, erm...
0:11:47 > 0:11:5046 times within a very short period of time,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53so that's a really good line of inquiry for us to follow now.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Stevenson's ex-girlfriend has called 999
0:11:57 > 0:12:00to complain about the menacing phone calls.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04He's rung her up - basically, he's threatening her all day today
0:12:04 > 0:12:08and then he's threatening to break, er, the lad's legs
0:12:08 > 0:12:12that he thinks she's seeing. He said he's going to terrorise her.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16No-one else will have her and, basically, he's threatening her
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and he's threatening who he believes to be her current partner.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21'As a police officer,'
0:12:21 > 0:12:24you take a personal responsibility. If you think there's somebody
0:12:24 > 0:12:27out there who may be out to cause danger to somebody else,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30every person in that team takes on the responsibility,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33so when you get that, the adrenaline goes,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36everybody kicks into action and you pull out all the stops
0:12:36 > 0:12:38to do whatever it is you need to do to find that person.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Hi, Kev, will you ask Richard to put 492 on, mate, to update us?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Having established that one of the escapees
0:12:46 > 0:12:52presents a danger to others, the hunt takes on a new urgency.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56A covert detective sergeant is despatched to find him.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00No, but it is, er... It's not a small area to search, this.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04We've got near the Curzon football side of the estate so far.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08But the phone data is proving unreliable
0:13:08 > 0:13:11in the attempt to track him down.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12All right, bye-bye.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- What are we up to?- No further update, because there's been
0:13:15 > 0:13:19no other calls or, you know, nothing, so it's still in that...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Yeah, that's the last data.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Right, so are we saying it could be anywhere from here, up there?
0:13:27 > 0:13:28- 700 metres.- Yeah.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31It's probably three or four addresses within there, then.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Yeah, yeah, that's the problem.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- And that's just the ones that we know of, in't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39The trail is going cold fast.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- 'Go ahead.'- Yeah, it's moved out of the area again now, mate.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It's showing over near Broadway at Failsworth.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52We're just chasing our tails here, aren't we?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The team need just one definitive location
0:13:55 > 0:13:58in order to make their move on the target.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Phil, just hang fire for a minute, mate, just while we're...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Cos, at the minute, we're kind of chasing the phone.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07It's not settled. If it settles, then we can do it, but...
0:14:10 > 0:14:12..we don't want to just be kind of chasing shadows.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Yeah, received.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Disappointment all round as, for now, the team are stood down.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- Why have you gone in there?- Hiding. - Cos you're on the run, aren't you?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45In Oldham, the Divisional Tasking Team
0:14:45 > 0:14:49has found the youth they were hunting, crouched behind a fridge.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Now it's time to question the friends
0:14:53 > 0:14:55who were helping him to hide.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57When my colleague asked you specifically at the door,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01"Is there anybody else in here?" you said, "No."
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Lo and behold, we've got this lad hiding in your fridge.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07So is there any reason why you shouldn't be coming now,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09putting your shoes on and coming and sitting in a cell?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13- Don't be stupid!- What?!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16You've just hidden him behind a fridge!
0:15:16 > 0:15:21What's he done? Pulled the fridge out and got in there himself?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Don't be silly. Don't take us for mugs, all right?
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Right, you, sit down there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Is there anything stolen or prohibited in this address?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Definitely?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Right, you two, jump off there, please,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35while we pull this settee out.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Who normally acts as an appropriate adult?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Pardon?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Have either of you been in trouble with us before?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49WOMAN REPLIES:
0:15:49 > 0:15:50What for?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Can you name one, please?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00And what?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Right, how long ago was that?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Having arrested their teenage offender,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13the police now have the authority to search the flat.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16That's what you keep on the side of your bed, in't it?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Most people have an alarm clock, don't they?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Most people have an alarm clock. This lad keeps a knife there.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26So that's what he's up against, you know.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28If somebody was to come into the address
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and that knife's accessible to him, the chances are he'll use it
0:16:31 > 0:16:35to defend himself and end up doing something very serious,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38but...he's only a kid as well.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE
0:16:40 > 0:16:45- Why have you got a kitchen knife in there, by the side of the bed?- Why?
0:16:45 > 0:16:49What do you need that for?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52What are you going to do, cook them a meal?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Well, what do you need a knife by the side of the bed for?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59For protection?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Well, it is scary, but the chances are that
0:17:02 > 0:17:03you're going to escalate, aren't you?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05You're going to end up using it
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- and probably going to jail for a long time.- Yeah.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09You need to think about your actions.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The search switches to the lounge.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18A sofa usually harbours just dust and a few old coins,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21but not this one.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Who are you expecting here, you?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- THIRD OFFICER:- Baton, knuckle-duster, machete.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32You're obviously expecting a bit of trouble, you boys, aren't you?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Do you run round the estate thinking you're wannabe gangsters?- No.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39You've got the police round at your house,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41you've got offensive weapons all over the place
0:17:41 > 0:17:45just in case someone comes knocking on the door.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46It's not good, is it?
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Right, well, we're on your case now, aren't we? Big time.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The officers take the young offender into custody.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04He faces questioning about an aggravated vehicle theft
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and a suspected burglary.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14'It's very sad, you know, the mums and dads probably were the same.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15'They've got used to'
0:18:15 > 0:18:18stolen property coming in their house on a regular basis,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22maybe sometimes drugs, lack of food, lack of whatever, you know,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and they don't know any different, so, as they grow up,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29they're the same and, you know, in 22 years of policing,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I'm locking people up now that were
0:18:32 > 0:18:36the children of the people I was locking up, you know, in year one.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It's sad, really.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- You're armed to the teeth! - Gangs of New York!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- OFFICER LAUGHS - Gangs of Littlemoor, isn't it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55CRACKLING AND FEEDBACK, OVERLAPPING VOICES
0:19:00 > 0:19:0316 hours into their investigation
0:19:03 > 0:19:07and the Serious Organised Crime group have a major breakthrough
0:19:07 > 0:19:12in the manhunt for the dangerous escaped fugitive Philip Stevenson.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Right, yeah, 22:39 on the 6th of the 7th, yesterday,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Stevenson rings Village Cars.- Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Mobile monitoring shows that he's been in regular contact
0:19:23 > 0:19:25with a woman called Toni Shipman.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- Toni Shipman, who rang him seconds before he got in a taxi.- Yeah.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- Whilst he's in the taxi, he's on the phone to Toni Shipman.- Yeah.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And, bearing in mind, she's one of his top callers,
0:19:38 > 0:19:43at that point, after that, 22:50...55,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45he doesn't speak to her again
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- until 14:50 the next day.- Right.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And, all that time, is his cell sited in the Drake area?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- Looking promising, innit?- Yeah. - Yeah, very much so, mate.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- He's got a taxi to hers. - Yeah, definitely, yeah.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02'We think we can put Stevenson to
0:20:02 > 0:20:04a girl's address in the Oldham area.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07His pattern of movement yesterday evening would suggest
0:20:07 > 0:20:11that he's possibly gone to this female's
0:20:11 > 0:20:14after an exchange of text messages.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17We suspect he's got a taxi to that location last night
0:20:17 > 0:20:19and, from the call data we have,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22it would appear he's potentially gone back to the same address,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24so we're just doing some work around that now.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31This is roughly where the taxi driver dropped off
0:20:31 > 0:20:36the male yesterday that says is similar in appearance to Stevenson,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38albeit he had his baseball cap pulled down.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41That looks really good, that he got a taxi there at the last minute.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43If he follows a similar pattern,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- then he's going to be there now, potentially.- Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51This new information means the team are even more confident
0:20:51 > 0:20:54they're about to capture their escaped prisoner.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57We think we've got Stevenson at an address now in Oldham,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00so staff are going to make their way up there.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02We'll look to secure an entry to the premises
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and hopefully locking him up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12One of the unit's covert detectives
0:21:12 > 0:21:15takes charge of the operation on the ground.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Yeah?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22He'll be co-ordinating teams from other departments
0:21:22 > 0:21:24to ensure everything goes to plan.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Yes, yes, if you have got any patrols in that area,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29can you just ask them to stay clear of that address
0:21:29 > 0:21:31for the next 30 minutes or so, please?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34SIRENS WAIL
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Now, we're just going to meet a couple of officers now -
0:21:36 > 0:21:39a dog handler, a couple of staff from the Q division
0:21:39 > 0:21:41that are going to support us to make up the numbers.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43We'll just have a quick briefing about the address
0:21:43 > 0:21:47and how we're going to access it and then, as soon as we've done that,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50we roll on and contain the address before knocking on.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- All right, pal? All right?- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59We've been told he might be quite aggressive, this lad,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and possibly off his head on steroids and whatever else,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- so when we get there, then, you cover the back for us.- Yeah.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06You at the back as well, supporting.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10If we don't get a response in a minute, we'll put the door in.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Staying accessible?- Yeah, stay on 492, mate, yeah.- Will do.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17'We're expecting that he could be quite volatile.'
0:22:17 > 0:22:21He has been in the past and he likes a good scrap with the police,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23so we'll see what we get when we knock on the door,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26what kind of gentleman he's going to be tonight.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Over in Oldham, the Divisional Tasking Team are on day duty.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51It's their job to detain the area's most wanted suspects.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53We're just knocking on the address, Chris.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Can I get back to you in a minute?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Today, PC Kev Rawcliffe and his colleagues are calling at a house
0:22:59 > 0:23:03that's well-known to them, for a man wanted on a recall to prison.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Yeah?- Barry?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's the police!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And it seems the suspect is at home.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Barry, come to the door, mate.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16INAUDIBLE RESPONSE
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Right, just come to the door. - Open the door!
0:23:19 > 0:23:20At the back of the property,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23another officer keeps an eye on potential escape routes.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Kev! Kev!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Front door now! Police! Front door now!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35SHOUTING
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- Calm down!- Drop your stuff!
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Where is he?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Down!- I ain't done nothing wrong.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Drop 'em! Drop 'em! Drop 'em!
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Drop the bags! Drop the bags! Drop the bags!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Drop the bags, Barry. Drop the bags. - It's my clothes.- Let go of them!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Drop the bags!- Can't I take my clothes with me?- Drop the bags!
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Just drop the bags for a minute!
0:23:59 > 0:24:01What am I arrested for this time?
0:24:01 > 0:24:02HANDCUFFS CLICK
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Why were you trying to run out the back door?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05I weren't running out of no back door.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Right, you just stay there... - Yeah.- ..and chill.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Right, I've not done nothing ... wrong, me.- Right.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Just chill your boots a minute. - You're not listening to me.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Right, I've got a ... dislocated shoulder, I've got a broken jaw.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- Me sick note's in the police station, in probation now.- Right.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- Yeah? Me sick note...me sick note is in probation right now.- Right.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- They can't do nothing.- Well, can I just say that, right now,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31probation have breached you and therefore you're recalled?
0:24:31 > 0:24:33You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:24:33 > 0:24:36if you don't mention something which you rely on in court.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Understand?- Right.- Right.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Can you just stand up a second?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Search me. I've got cash in me pockets.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- You've got no pins on you, have you? - No, no.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'll get my coat, because I've got a sick note.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51There's nothing they can do about it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I've got a sick note, a sick note covers me.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58I'll get...I'll get re-released from Crown Court.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59I know for a fact I will.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Right, come on, Baz.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04See you later. I like what you've done with the place(!)
0:25:04 > 0:25:05- Cheers.- Thank you.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12It's not the first time Officer Rawcliffe has arrested Barry.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Watch your head.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16He's known him for two decades.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Where we...? Where we going? - I don't know yet.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- Are we're going to Chadderton? Amy?- Yeah?- Chadderton?- Chadderton.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- Right, see you later.- 'He's been arrested for recall to prison.'
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Yeah, so he's all loaded up with bags, er,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32hopefully to go back for a while.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35As you can see, he's just a raging drug addict.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37You know, he needs to get his next fix.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Off to custody again.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Barry is all too familiar with the criminal justice system.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51They've not locked me up for no reason.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It's just that, er... I've got, er, injuries, er,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58that a sick...that the doctor has given me a sick note for.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Now, the sick note has, erm, actually been lost in transit
0:26:02 > 0:26:05or something, because this wouldn't have happened upper...otherwise.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I mean, I've done over 20... over 25 years here and I...
0:26:14 > 0:26:17and I've personally known him all that time,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19you know, for varied offences.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, yeah, he is very well-known.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It's just inconvenience, because I'm devastated about it.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Come on, Baz.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Sadly for Barry,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39the sick note didn't spare him from another jail term.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43He was sentenced to 28 days for breaching his bail conditions.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59To the east of Oldham lie the Pennines
0:26:59 > 0:27:01and, across the Pennines, is West Yorkshire.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Its beautiful country landscapes attract hoards of tourists.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14But its big towns and cities
0:27:14 > 0:27:17also have their fair share of urban crime.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22In Leeds, members of the Operation Quartz team
0:27:22 > 0:27:24are starting their daily shift.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Right, guys, this morning,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29live-time intelligence came in last night
0:27:29 > 0:27:32that the address is in Bath Road, which is in the city.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35The lease is a garage premises
0:27:35 > 0:27:38and it's a large live-time cannabis grow.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Detective Sergeant Stuart Jewell leads the Quartz Specialist Unit.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46The team target Leed's most wanted -
0:27:46 > 0:27:50those involved with drugs and firearms.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53The officers' reputation for results precedes them.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57It was set up to deal with the rise in gun crime and drug crime
0:27:57 > 0:28:00within the area, a specialist team that will learn and use the skills
0:28:00 > 0:28:03to target it more in-depth than neighbourhood policing can
0:28:03 > 0:28:05on a day-to-day basis.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08The plan is to go down there, sense it out,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11arrest the occupant and search the premises.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Just be advised everybody, erm,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16that we don't know what we're going into, so body armour is a must.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Let's go, then.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24The crack team was assembled six years ago.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29In that time, it's put 160 criminals behind bars
0:28:29 > 0:28:33and taken countless weapons off the streets.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36We basically deal with any threats to life in Leeds -
0:28:36 > 0:28:39mainly functioning around the firearms offences
0:28:39 > 0:28:44and, generally, firearms comes with drugs, so we do a lot of drugs.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46A lot of protection for cannabis grows,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49because intelligence comes in to say they are going to be attacked
0:28:49 > 0:28:52by other criminals, so we need to go in there and basically protect,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54shall we say, the criminals who are growing the cannabis.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57It's one of these here, innit?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59The team have received a tip-off
0:28:59 > 0:29:03that there's a cannabis factory hidden in a garage warehouse.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12If true, it's a potential target for so-called bad-on-bad crime,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15where gangs steal drugs from other criminals,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18often using extreme violence.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Right, we've got 79 to 81,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- but it's all even numbers on that side.- Want us to go and look?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Right, these are the pictures that have been obtained
0:29:25 > 0:29:27by the force helicopter there
0:29:27 > 0:29:31and you can see the highlighting of the...the glowing premises.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34That's the rear of it, which backs onto residential housing,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38so that's obviously a leak they've got that they can't hold.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41That's the closer picture of the front, so, as you can see,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44it's a lot cleaner than the other houses, or a lot brighter.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46'It's an infra red fly-over
0:29:46 > 0:29:49that's done by either the plane or the helicopters now
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and they will respond to intelligence that we provide
0:29:52 > 0:29:54and other people provide them and fire an infrared camera
0:29:54 > 0:29:56and it will generate heat sources.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59For example, if your car's driven a long way from London up to here
0:29:59 > 0:30:01and you fly over with this infrared camera,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03it will show your engine as red hot,
0:30:03 > 0:30:05a black-and-white picture highlights it.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It's exactly the same as a cannabis grow,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09cos cannabis grows have to be on 24/7.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Yeah, we're ready, mate, we're going down.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18It's that one with the sign, 74-75 South Leeds,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20so you want to be parking...
0:30:20 > 0:30:23See that one with the white sign above it? Park on your right, mate.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Yeah, door's open.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37With the door open, it's a simple walk-in job,
0:30:37 > 0:30:39but all's not as it seems.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45The team discover a hidden door
0:30:45 > 0:30:48and a ladder leading to a loft area.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Yeah, bingo!
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The team have uncovered a significant cannabis factory
0:31:11 > 0:31:14powered by deathtrap electrics.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17A little one in there.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Just waiting for the electrician to come
0:31:20 > 0:31:21and basically put off the power.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24We've got to wait for a large skip to be delivered as well
0:31:24 > 0:31:26and our Scenes of Crime Officers
0:31:26 > 0:31:29to come photograph for fingerprints, so, erm,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32it's a long process, a number are waiting around a number of hours.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35So, yeah, might as well see if you can make a tea,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37although I wouldn't use one of those cups.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39HE LAUGHS
0:31:55 > 0:31:58In Oldham, it's 2am
0:31:58 > 0:32:00and members of the Critical Wanted Unit
0:32:00 > 0:32:03have been on duty since the previous morning.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08The aim of their round-the-clock shift has been simple -
0:32:08 > 0:32:12track down and arrest firearms offender Philip Stevenson
0:32:12 > 0:32:15and take him back to jail following his escape.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20But it hasn't been easy.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22The team have spent 48 hours
0:32:22 > 0:32:26researching and analysing every piece of evidence available
0:32:26 > 0:32:29and it all points to this one address.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34They're about to find out if they've got it right.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37BANGING ON DOOR
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Police! Open the door, please! Open the door, it's the police!
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- Open the door now! - SHOUTING FROM INSIDE
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Now! Quickly! - Hold on, I'll put something on!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Open the door now!
0:32:50 > 0:32:51- Ready?- Yeah, go.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Top panel, top panel, top panel.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Get back from the door!
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Go, go, go!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Contain that door for us.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Put your hands behind your back, right!
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Put your hands behind your back. - Is this back room clear?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29You're under arrest for escaping from lawful custody.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Put your legs out straight.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40'When you go into an address,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43'you don't know if the person will be there or won't be there.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44There's a lot of adrenaline going,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46cos you don't know what risks you'll come up against,
0:33:46 > 0:33:49er, and then, obviously, when you get to an address
0:33:49 > 0:33:52and somebody doesn't open the door, it does heighten, er,
0:33:52 > 0:33:54the fact that you think that person is possibly there
0:33:54 > 0:33:58and the door's not being opened because they want to try and hide
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and, on this occasion, that's something we had to do -
0:34:01 > 0:34:03to force a door very quickly and then, obviously,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05he was detained once we got within the address.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:34:08 > 0:34:12if you do not mention now something which you later rely on in court.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Anything that you do say may be given in evidence. Understand?
0:34:14 > 0:34:16OFFICER PANTS
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Philip Stevenson walked out of Kirkham Prison in Lancashire
0:34:19 > 0:34:21just two days ago,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25with six months of a firearms sentence still to serve.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Get him dressed.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Got a wanted male, arrested for absconding from lawful custody.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It's, er, Philip Stevenson.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34'It's a fantastic result.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37'Staff were working long hours, but the reward at the end of it
0:34:37 > 0:34:40was that we took a dangerous person back out of circulation
0:34:40 > 0:34:42and back into the prison system.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45We've also got a female adult arrested.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Suspicion of, er, assisting an offender.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Is it Toni? Toni, have you got a phone?- In my pocket.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Just take it out for me, please. - Why?- Because I'm asking you to.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59'She was harbouring him, er, keeping him at liberty,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01'when he should've been in prison.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Obviously, she needed to be arrested and taken into custody,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07so that she could be questioned in relation to what assistance
0:35:07 > 0:35:09she'd afforded him whilst he was out on the run.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17The team have been on duty for 20 hours.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19'I started work at about seven o'clock this morning.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22'And now, half past two the following morning,
0:35:22 > 0:35:24'so it's been a gruel of a shift.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26'When you get somebody that you wanted so badly
0:35:26 > 0:35:29'and everybody puts the effort into their work, it's always good
0:35:29 > 0:35:33'to get your hands on them and everybody will sleep well tonight.'
0:35:33 > 0:35:38It's not a 9-5 job - it's 24/7, 365 days of the year.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42'You get called out all times of day and night and, as a team,
0:35:42 > 0:35:45'we very much work together and everybody loves their job,
0:35:45 > 0:35:47'everybody's passionate about it
0:35:47 > 0:35:49'and everybody wants to make the people of Greater Manchester
0:35:49 > 0:35:52'a lot safer and that's what we're there to do.'
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Another wanted criminal tracked down and back in police custody.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15In Leeds, the Quartz team have uncovered a cannabis farm
0:36:15 > 0:36:18with a street value of £15,000.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Yeah, bingo.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26Detective Sergeant Jewell will have to arrest the owner of the garage.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27- Is it your place?- Yeah.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Is it... Are you Ian?- No.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- No. Do you own it?- Yeah, I rent it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- You rent it off Ian, is it? - No, I rent.- Oh?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- I've just got Ian as living here. No?- No.- What's your name anyway?
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- Mark.- Mark? Stuart.- Right.- Yeah.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43'You deal with the arrest of the guy as you see fit at the time
0:36:43 > 0:36:45and he seemed to be a generally a nice guy,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48so I treated him as I would be expected to be treated myself.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51He wasn't causing me any problem, so I just...
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I can't remember how I did it now,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55but it was quite low key, so, erm... From memory!
0:36:55 > 0:36:58'I don't know too much about him. I know his name is Mark.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00'He's never been arrested before.'
0:37:00 > 0:37:05He owns the garage and he's admitted he has a cannabis grow in his loft.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- Mitch?- Yeah?- Bypassed, mate.- Sorry? - It's bypassed, the electrics.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Just be wary...- Right, OK. - ..of any booby traps.- OK.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13'He's admitted to bypassing the meter,'
0:37:13 > 0:37:16so we've got the electric board coming down to sort that out
0:37:16 > 0:37:19and then we're just going to start clearing it once it's safe.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27The way in which some people bypass the meter is primitive, er,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30people without the best, er, electrical skills and knowledge
0:37:30 > 0:37:33have done that, so they're getting free electric and,
0:37:33 > 0:37:36depending on how they've done it, sometimes we've had to close off,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39if it's been in houses, neighbouring houses, streets,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42shut down all areas, because the bypass has been so dangerous,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46we've literally had the electric people say to us,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48"This could go up in flames any second."
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Finally, an electrician arrives to make the site safe.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Has this been done a while, then?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- It looks it, don't it? Because... It's all...- Cobwebbed?- ..cobwebbed.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06The team can now gather the evidence.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Basically, from each room, there's two rooms, obviously, erm,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14we have to take, seize two plants from each room with the roots,
0:38:14 > 0:38:17so, basically, all we do is just pull it out.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21So that's one.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32Them two are seized from one room, so they'll go in one paper bag,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34then we'll do the same in the next room.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36All right, come on, then, Mark, we'll go to the car.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43The garage owner is taken into custody for further questioning.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45So far, he's co-operated fully.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49I would suspect he's not the main guy behind it.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I would strongly suspect they've just... He's a bit short of money
0:38:52 > 0:38:55and they've used him to grow a plant in his loft.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58He will grow it, he will sell it to who he needs to sell it to,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01they will pay him however much they pay him and then he does it again.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Different cycles. So it wouldn't be him.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07He's just probably low on his luck and needs to raise some money.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10The officers had received intelligence that the man was
0:39:10 > 0:39:15about to be attacked by a criminal gang intent on stealing the drugs.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18'Without him knowing, we've sort of protected him
0:39:18 > 0:39:21'from any further harm that may have come to him from other criminals.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23'He would've been what we would call'
0:39:23 > 0:39:26"taxed for his cannabis". It's quite a problematic
0:39:26 > 0:39:29national problem at the moment in which, because cannabis smells,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32it's easily identifiable and criminal groups go around
0:39:32 > 0:39:36taxing people's cannabis grows - go in, commit burglaries, basically,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38and seize all their cannabis and do a run.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Some of them are very violent, some of them are not so violent
0:39:41 > 0:39:44and the intelligence was that this was going to happen
0:39:44 > 0:39:49to this location, so we went in to react, to clear the cannabis,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51make sure that everybody knew that the police had been there
0:39:51 > 0:39:54and so everyone knew, so it wouldn't have happened to him.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- NEWS REPORTER:- 'Police have captured one of the men
0:40:08 > 0:40:11'who escaped from Kirkham Prison near Blackpool on Saturday.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13'Philip Stevenson, who's serving a sentence for firearms offences,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15'was arrested this morning.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17'A 24-year-old woman was also arrested
0:40:17 > 0:40:20'on suspicion of harbouring an escaped prisoner.'
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Now, gents, tell me what's gone on last night in relation to...
0:40:24 > 0:40:27In Manchester, the Serious Organised Crime group
0:40:27 > 0:40:31are briefing their bosses on their latest successful operation.
0:40:31 > 0:40:37We arrested Stevenson last night at an address up in Oldham.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41He's been arrested in company with a female, who's also been arrested
0:40:41 > 0:40:44in relation to assisting or harbouring an offender.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49With firearms offender Philip Stevenson now safely
0:40:49 > 0:40:53in police custody, the unit suddenly gets more good news.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Gareth Robinson, the other prison escapee,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02has also been captured by another team.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- PC:- Right, got your charge back from the CPS, OK, mate?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- Just listen in to what this officer's got to say.- Go on.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Gaz Robinson, you're charged with the following offence.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:41:15 > 0:41:18if you do not mention something you later rely on in court.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20- Anything you do say may be given in evidence.- Yeah.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22You're charged, on the 5th of July 2014,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24at Preston in the county of Lancashire,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26being in lawful custody, escaped from said custody,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- contrary to common law.- Yeah.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Do you wish to make a reply to that at all?- No.- No reply.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Although we found them fairly quickly,
0:41:34 > 0:41:36having been given the task of finding them,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38there was a huge amount of work.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41It's a big machine and there's lots of cogs
0:41:41 > 0:41:43whirling round in the background, so there's lots of people.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47It's not just the people who might be the ones who turn up at location
0:41:47 > 0:41:50and arrest that person, it's all the people who work in the background.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Grab that pen. Let's get you to sign these.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- These are copies of your charges and you get a copy, all right?- Yeah.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Just sign where I put the cross,
0:41:58 > 0:42:00the fact you've made no reply to your charge.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04'It's not a personal thing. We're not going looking for a person
0:42:04 > 0:42:07'as if there's any kind of vendetta. At the end of the day, we've got
0:42:07 > 0:42:09a responsibility - somebody who should be in prison who isn't.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11We've got a risk to members of the public
0:42:11 > 0:42:14and we've got to safeguard them, absolutely,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17so you do feel a sense of relief.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18"Right, I've got them,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20"that person is now safe,"
0:42:20 > 0:42:23and that's always one of the nice parts of it, is that you can send
0:42:23 > 0:42:27that message and say, "Look, you was really faithful, you dialled 999,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30"you was at your worst ebb and we've found that person now
0:42:30 > 0:42:33"and they're going back into the prison system and you are safe,"
0:42:33 > 0:42:36and the sense of relief on those people is palpable.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Both escapees were tracked down and arrested within 48 hours.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Both were returned to prison.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48If you can go home at the end of every shift thinking,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51"Well, I've helped one person," and, if everybody did that, then,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54it might sound a bit cheesy, but actually, you know, that you're
0:42:54 > 0:42:58actually, erm... You're doing good and you're helping people's lives.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- All right?- Yeah, all right.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04It's just what we do, yeah, it's what we do - deal with bad guys.