Dubai Police nab one of UK s most wanted criminals
He had been on the run from the authorities for over eight years.
The Dubai Police have arrested one of the most wanted fugitives in the United Kingdom. The suspect had entered the UAE by using a fake identity.
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The police arrested him in Dubai after the Interpol put out a Red notice against him.
Moogan, 35, from Croxteth, Liverpool, had been on the run since a raid that took place at a café in Rotterdam suspected of being used as a front for meetings between drug traffickers and cartels. It is believed to be central to a plot to bring hundreds of kilogrammes of cocaine into the UK every week.
Dubai Police arrest one of UK’s most wanted fugitives
2 hours ago Upon receiving a Red Notice from Interpol, Michael Paul Moogan was placed under intense surveillance and all his movements were monitored by the investigation unit.
Gulf Today, Staff Reporter
Dubai Police have recently arrested a man wanted by the National Crime Agency (NCA)-UK, for eight years for his alleged role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot in the United Kingdom. The arrest was made shortly after receiving a Red Notice from the Interpol.
Michael Paul Moogan, 35, from Croxteth, Liverpool, who featured as part of the Operation Captura most wanted fugitives campaign, was apprehended in Dubai as a result of joint working between Dubai Police and the NCA.
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One of the UK s most-wanted fugitives has been arrested in Dubai.
Michael Paul Moogan, from Liverpool, had been on the run for eight years before being detained on 21 April.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said it suspected the 35-year-old had been involved in plans to import drugs from Latin America to Europe.
Officers said he had been using false identities after escaping a police raid on a café believed to be a front for a drug cartel.
The NCA said Mr Moogan and two other British men were linked to meetings at the Café de Ketel in Rotterdam.