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Fugitive Andrew Moran arrested in Spain | Fugitive Andrew Moran arrested in Spain |
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One of Britain's most wanted fugitives has been arrested in a raid on a luxury villa on Spain's Costa Blanca. | |
Andrew Moran, 31, from Salford, Manchester, was detained while sitting by a swimming pool in the Alicante resort of Calpe on Friday. | |
He was charged with an armed robbery of Royal Mail guards in Lancashire in 2005 but absconded during his trial. | |
The jury later returned a guilty verdict and he was convicted in his absence. | The jury later returned a guilty verdict and he was convicted in his absence. |
Spain's National Police said Moran confronted officers when they tried to arrest him. | |
'No hiding place' | |
The force said it later found two firearms and ammunition in his property. | |
Moran was placed on the Serious Organised Crime Agency's most wanted list after leaping from the dock and assaulting a security guard during his trial in February 2009. | |
He had taken part in an armed robbery in which Royal Mail guards were threatened with a gun, machete and baseball bat. | He had taken part in an armed robbery in which Royal Mail guards were threatened with a gun, machete and baseball bat. |
One of the guards was assaulted before the offenders escaped with £25,000. | |
Det Ch Insp Janet Hudson, from the north-west regional organised crime unit, said: "Extradition proceedings are now under way. | |
"It just goes to show that we will stop at nothing to capture criminals wherever they are in the world." | |
Matt Burton, the agency's head of investigations, said though Moran had frequently changed his appearance and used false identities, there was "no hiding place". |