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Six arrested, seven to go
THE National Crime Agency and partners have renewed an appeal to help trace some of the United Kingdom’s Most Wanted fugitives.
Twelve months ago the NCA launched its most recent appeal to find 13 men on the run all believed to be hiding in Spain or with strong links to the country.
In that time, six wanted men have been traced, arrested and are at various stages of the extradition and judicial process.
Today, the appeal run in conjunction with independent charity Crimestoppers, Spanish law enforcement, and UK policing is renewed.
The wanted men are:
Heavily tattooed Jack Mayle, 31, on suspicion of supplying Class A drug MDMA and other drugs.
Asim Naveed, 31, and 6ft 2in tall, is accused of playing a leading role in a highly organised crime group (OCG) that trafficked 46 kilos of cocaine into Wales.
Calvin Parris, 33, who has gold upper teeth, is accused of being a customer of Naveed’s OCG and selling cocaine on in Cardiff.
John James Jones, 32, of Ormskirk, Lancashire, is wanted for wounding with intent.
Callum Michael Allan, 24, of South Shields, is sought for 12 alleged offences.
Mark Francis Roberts, 29, of Liverpool, is wanted for alleged grievous bodily harm.
Alex Male, 30, of WestonsuperMare, is alleged to be a regional distributor of drugs across the south west of England. He has links to Spain, Portugal and Turkey.
Steve Reynolds, NCA regional head in Spain, said: “Spain is immensely popular with British people who live and take holidays there, but it is not a safe haven for criminals.”
Anyone with information should call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or fill out an anonymous online form at Crimestop persuk.org.
Callers in Spain should dial the freephone Spanish number 900 926 111.
Dodging sanctions
RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine has caused many Western countries to issue broad packages of sanctions against the rogue nation.
But one panel of experts has expressed their concern that in looking for new trading options, Russia is using the Spanish enclave, Ceuta, to dodge sanctions.
Oil industry experts spoke out on Friday, February 10, saying that Russia is using international waters around 20 kilometres from Ceuta as a strategic location to load and transfer oil cargos to transport onwards to China. In the past, these transfers were completed in ports in the United States or Denmark, but both countries have now imposed sanctions on Russia.
The experts believe that Russia has transferred between 600,000 and one million barrels of crude oil between ships in the ocean off Spain’s North African enclave.
Spain does not allow these shiptoship transactions in its waters, but it is believed that the transfers are taking place outside of Spain’s jurisdiction.
Spain is not permitted to act unless the ships cross into national water.
Dream jobs
A BRANDNEW study completed by global financial service, Remitly, has revealed the most soughtafter job in each country. And Spain’s most popular dream job might be a surprise to some.
In the report, Spain was the only European country to record an online role as the most popular dream job, with ‘online influencer’ being the top pick. By contrast, traditional jobs like ‘lawyer’, ‘firefighter’ or ‘teacher’ were the most popular dream jobs in most European countries.
The most popular dream job worldwide was ‘pilot’ with more than a million searches, followed by writer which saw more than 800,000 searches.
Bomb blows
A SECOND World War bomb which was uncovered on Tuesday, February 7, by construction workers in the Norfolk coastal town of Great Yarmouth reportedly exploded at around 5pm on Friday February 10.
Norfolk Police tweeted: “We can confirm the unexploded Second World War bomb in Great Yarmouth has detonated. This was not a planned detonation and happened during slow burn work to disarm the explosives. All army and emergency service personnel are accounted for. We will bring you further info when we have it.” Homes and businesses were previously evacuated in the vicinity of the £121 million project to construct a third crossing over the River Yare. Bomb disposal experts have been at the location attempting to defuse the device.
