International criminal wanted for number of offences arrested after hiding in Derbyshire village

A criminal wanted for several offences committed abroad was located after attempting to evade police in a Derbyshire village.

By Tom Hardwick

Published 4th Jul 2022, 13:23 GMT

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The Creswell Safer Neighbourhood Team assisted officers from the Metropolitan Police on Saturday, July 2.

The Met officers, part of the national extradition unit, had travelled to Creswell to locate a suspect that was wanted on an international arrest warrant for offences in Portugal.

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The male was located at an address in Creswell, taken into custody and transported to Ripley Police Station. Officers then took the offender down to London the following day.