27-10-2016, 01:04 PM
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'Most Wanted': Gerrard's cousin hands himself in
How do these criminals keep getting out of the UK?https://uk.news.yahoo.com/steven-ger...083400529.html
A relative of former England football star Steven Gerrard, who was on a "Most Wanted" list, has given himself up.
Suspected drug dealer Robert Gerrard, 53, felt the "pressure of being on the run had got too much for him", according to authorities.
Gerrard, who is a second cousin of the ex-Liverpool player, negotiated his handover through solicitors with National Crime Agency (NCA) officers at Central Park Police Station in Manchester.
He has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to import cocaine in a £60m drugs plot.
Gerrard is the third Most Wanted fugitive arrested in less than a week after suspected paedophile Matthew Sammon and convicted rapist, Mohammed Alam, 33, were detained in Spain.
Gerrard was featured in Operation Captura, a campaign to capture Britain's most wanted criminals, many of whom live on the Costa Del Sol.
He also achieved notoriety through a list for Operation Return in the Netherlands in which the NCA appealed for help in finding him after a raid on a cafe in Rotterdam in October 2013.
Cafe de Ketel was being used as a front for international drugs traffickers, where entry was via a buzzer system and to recognised faces only.
It provided a meeting place allowing criminals to negotiate with international drug cartel members to arrange to pay for and transport drugs.
NCA officers were unable to find Gerrard at the time but believed he used the cafe to plan for imports of cocaine into the UK.
The NCA's Greg McKenna said: "Robert Gerrard handing himself in shows the impact we are having with our most wanted campaigns. Three arrests in under a week is a tremendous result.
"We don't know at this stage how long Gerrard has been back in the UK for, but he told our officers that the pressure of being on the run had got too much for him.
"The fugitives on our most wanted list really do have nowhere to hide. I would urge any of the remaining ones to take note - save yourself the trouble and hand yourself in because we will never stop hunting you and you will face justice."
Gerrard appeared at Manchester Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon and was remanded in custody until 23 November.
27-10-2016, 01:16 PM
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Re: 'Most Wanted': Gerrard's cousin hands himself in
Very easy.Years ago my wife and I took our boat across the channel to France.
We spent a week sailing the coast, anchoring off beaches and using the inflatable to go ashore for meals, sunbathing etc.
An ideal oppertunity to enter a country undetected.
We only showed our passports once, the day we refuelled for our return trip.
27-10-2016, 01:20 PM
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Re: 'Most Wanted': Gerrard's cousin hands himself in
Originally Posted by Tpin
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Very easy.Years ago my wife and I took our boat across the channel to France.
We spent a week sailing the coast, anchoring off beaches and using the inflatable to go ashore for meals, sunbathing etc.
An ideal oppertunity to enter a country undetected.
We only showed our passports once, the day we refuelled for our return trip.
27-10-2016, 01:27 PM
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Re: 'Most Wanted': Gerrard's cousin hands himself in
HiIf people knew how lax our Border Controls are, for both leaving and entering there would be riots.
Getting out of the UK is easy and remarkably cheap, once you are in Schengen it is a doddle to move, only an ID Card, much easier to forge than a Passport.
Leaving Schengen is more problematical, but very easy if you are going to two former USSR states or Turkey, bribery is rife there.
Getting into the UK is more difficult, but over 400 a week make it on the riskier routes.
If you have £10,000, not a lot for the big boys, it is a doddle.
31-10-2016, 08:22 AM
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Re: 'Most Wanted': Gerrard's cousin hands himself in
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiIf people knew how lax our Border Controls are, for both leaving and entering there would be riots.
Getting out of the UK is easy and remarkably cheap, once you are in Schengen it is a doddle to move, only an ID Card, much easier to forge than a Passport.
Leaving Schengen is more problematical, but very easy if you are going to two former USSR states or Turkey, bribery is rife there.
Getting into the UK is more difficult, but over 400 a week make it on the riskier routes.
If you have £10,000, not a lot for the big boys, it is a doddle.
What would be your solution to this problem swim ?
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