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| Andrew Moran: Fugitive due in court after Spain arrest | Andrew Moran: Fugitive due in court after Spain arrest |
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| One of Britain's most wanted fugitives is due in court in Madrid later after being arrested at a luxury villa on Spain's Costa Blanca. | One of Britain's most wanted fugitives is due in court in Madrid later after being arrested at a luxury villa on Spain's Costa Blanca. |
| Andrew Moran, 31, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was arrested by police in the resort of Alicante, in Calpe, on Friday. | Andrew Moran, 31, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was arrested by police in the resort of Alicante, in Calpe, on Friday. |
| He is set to be extradited to the UK, where he is wanted over an armed robbery in 2005. | He is set to be extradited to the UK, where he is wanted over an armed robbery in 2005. |
| Moran was convicted in his absence after fleeing during his trial in 2009. | Moran was convicted in his absence after fleeing during his trial in 2009. |
| The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) said two handguns, 60 rounds of ammunition and a machete were discovered at his villa following his arrest. | |
| Rammed police vehicles | Rammed police vehicles |
| Moran was placed on the Most Wanted list after leaping from the dock and assaulting four security guards during his trial at Burnley Crown Court in February 2009. | Moran was placed on the Most Wanted list after leaping from the dock and assaulting four security guards during his trial at Burnley Crown Court in February 2009. |
| He was found guilty, alongside Stephen Devalda, of taking part in an armed robbery in which Royal Mail guards were threatened with a gun, machete and baseball bat in Colne, Lancashire, in May 2005. | He was found guilty, alongside Stephen Devalda, of taking part in an armed robbery in which Royal Mail guards were threatened with a gun, machete and baseball bat in Colne, Lancashire, in May 2005. |
| One of the guards was assaulted before the offenders escaped with £25,000. | One of the guards was assaulted before the offenders escaped with £25,000. |
| Soca revealed Moran was found by local police officers in Los Alcazares, Spain, in November but evaded capture by ramming two unmarked police vehicles and driving the wrong way down a motorway. | |
| Devalda, 29, also from Salford, had also been on the run but was captured in Spain in March 2011. | Devalda, 29, also from Salford, had also been on the run but was captured in Spain in March 2011. |
| He was later jailed at Preston Crown Court for nine years and eight months. | He was later jailed at Preston Crown Court for nine years and eight months. |