This year one of the UK’s most wanted fugitives was arrested in Spain according to the National Crime Agency.
Dean Garforth, whose last known address was South Hill Road, Dingle, Liverpool, was arrested in October in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella during a pre-planned law enforcement operation. The 29-year-old was riding an e-bike when he realised plain-clothed officers were closing in on him.
He was said to have ridden the bike into an officer and reportedly resisted arrest but is now in custody awaiting extradition proceedings. The NCA said Garforth is wanted by Cheshire Police for alleged involvement in an organised crime group, supplying cocaine and cannabis and being involved in trading firearms between March 2020 and July 2020.
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The NCA keeps a running list of the most wanted people nationwide. The public are warned not to approach any of those listed below and instead contact police immediately.
Two of the men listed below are wanted for crimes in the Merseyside area, and a third for a horrific double stabbing in Ormskirk.
Mark Francis Roberts
Roberts, from Liverpool, is wanted for grievous bodily harm and attempted robbery of a man’s £60,000 Richard Mille watch. The victim was attacked by two men with a blade at around 1.30am on September 30, 2016 after he parked his car on his home driveway.
The victim refused to surrender his watch and suffered life-threatening injuries. He was treated in a critical care unit for puncture wounds, a collapsed lung and many wounds. The victim heard one of the attackers say he’d cut himself in the attack, and Roberts' blood was later identified at the scene.
He is described as being white, 6ft 1in tall, of medium build with a 7.6cm scar down his right leg, heavy eyebrows, he is right handed; with green eyes and a potential scar on his arm, believed to have been obtained during the attempted robbery.
Kevin Thomas Parle
Kevin Thomas Parle is wanted in connection with the Liverpool murders of 16-year-old Liam Kelly in 2004 and Lucy Hargreaves in 2005.
Parle is also known as Hemp. The hunt for Parle has been ongoing for more than 15 years with detectives on Merseyside desperate to speak to him over the murders.
Parle was questioned in connection with Kelly’s murder but was released on bail - which he failed to answer. He is the subject of a European Arrest Warrant in relation to that investigation.
John James Jones
Jones, 31, from Aughton, West Lancashire, is wanted for wounding with intent. Jones (and a co-accused) allegedly assaulted two people in Ormskirk by stabbing them numerous times with a knife, causing serious injuries.
It is believed Jones fled the North West of the UK in the immediate aftermath. There is information to show he stayed at a hotel in Madrid the night after the stabbings but left rapidly the next morning.
Jack Mayle
Born in Croydon, Mayle is wanted on suspicion of the supply of MDMA, methylphenidate (a pharmaceutical drug) and diazepam. He fled after being charged over allegedly running a drug line in South London and Surrey called the Flavour Quest.
It is alleged he worked with a dark web drug dealer to sell LSD and various pharmaceutical medications. He is easily identifiable, due to a diamond tattoo under his left eye, and a tattoo on the outside of his left forearm that reads ‘Croydon’.
His left hand is tattooed with ‘Money never sleeps’, ’12-20’ and a small heart. His right hand has an eye design tattoo with hands around it and the word ‘Littles’. On both hands he has tattoos on his fingers reading ‘trap star’.
His neck is tattooed with warriors and religious figures on horses. He has a full back tattoo.
He may have tried to alter his appearance. He is known to carry weapons, is a regular gym goer and vegan. He’s 5ft 11 inches , muscular and around 31 in age.
Daniel Dugic
Originally from Serbia but known around London, Daniel Dugic is suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to import 255kg of cocaine. A number of other individuals involved were convicted in June 2011, but Dugic is still to be caught.
Detectives say the conspiracy involved a small UK vessel meeting a commercial container ship in the English Channel from which the drugs were transferred. Although Dugic was not on board either vessel, he is alleged to have played a major part in organising the importation.
Ozgur Demir
The NCA said Ozgur Demir is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine. Three others have already been convicted in connection with the offence.
He is a Turkish national.
Asim Naveed
Naveed allegedly had a leading role in a highly organised crime group. He’s reported to have used the encrypted phone platform EncroChat, to acquire large quantities of cocaine from upstream suppliers and onward distribution through Cardiff and Wales.
It is estimated he and his OCG brought 46 kilos of cocaine into Wales during the period worth up to £7,885,680. Naveed has a surgical scar on his left wrist and is described as having an Asian ethnic appearance.
Calvin Parris
Parris is wanted for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Parris is alleged to be a customer of Asim Naveed’s OCG, buying cocaine from them and selling it within Cardiff.
He is said to have used an Encrochat phone to strike deals with the OCG including once buying seven kilos of cocaine for £89,000. He is described as being black, around 5ft 11, and around 31 to 32 in age.
Ersin Mustafa
Mustafa is believed to have been involved with a gang that were responsible for approximately £2.5 million in criminal profits. Between 2006 to 2008, Mustafa is believed to have been involved in insider dealing with seven other individuals.
He later fled around December 2009, it is believed. While employed at the London branch of investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove, he allegedly obtained information about future acquisitions and mergers, which were provided to others who then traded using this information.
In July 2008 Mustafa was arrested by the City of London Police and then released on bail. He is described as being stocky, dark haired and around 5ft 5.
Derek McGraw Ferguson
Ferguson is wanted in connection with the murder of Thomas Cameron on June 28, 2007 at the Auchinairn Tavern, Bishopbriggs near Glasgow. He has been on the run ever since.
He has green/blue eyes and short balding brown/grey hair. Ferguson is around 58, since he was born in Glasgow in 1964.
Allan Foster
Foster is alleged to have murdered David 'Noddy' Rice at the Marsden Bay Car Park, South Shields on May 24, 2006. He is also wanted for two offences of conspiring to supply controlled drugs and also for the theft of a diamond ring.
Foster has links to the Canary Islands and Majorca. He is also known to use the alias Shaun Michael Wilkinson.
He is described as being around 5ft 6, slim with black hair.
Christakis Philippou
Philippou was involved in conspiracies where he and his co-defendants repeatedly set out to acquire, or sometimes to set up from scratch, travel agency businesses which were used as vehicles for fraud. The incidents happened between 2004 and 2006.
The travel agencies attracted customers by offering cut-price holidays. The prices were so low that legitimate companies could not compete with them.
In each case, the travel agency ceased to trade, leaving customers without a holiday. This scam defrauded an estimated 20,000 people.
He is also known to use the alias Christakis Chrysostomou and was last known to be around London.
Timur Mehmet
Mehmet is wanted for his role in a conspiracy to cheat the public revenue by operating a Missing Trader Intra-community (MTIC) fraud. This caused a loss to the UK of £25 million.
Mehmet appeared in court in June 2007 and was told that failure to return for his trial in October 2007 could result in him being tried and sentenced in his absence. He failed to attend and was subsequently found guilty. He was sentenced to eight years.
He is described as being slim, around 5ft 7 with black hair.
Callum Michael Allan
Allan is wanted on suspicion of a range of offences including: possession with intent to supply Class A (heroin), supply Class A (cocaine), possession of cannabis, assaulting an emergency worker, affray and dangerous driving. On June 11, 2019 police raided a house suspected to be used for drugs deals.
Allan fled and assaulted two officers who restrained him. He was in possession of 113.29 grams of heroin. Allan was charged and appeared at court in April 2020 where he was given unconditional bail and failed to return.
He is around 5ft 9 tall with fine hair, blue eyes, slim build and has a Tyneside accent.
Fatah Benlaredj
Fatah Benlaredj is wanted for the rape of a seven-year-old girl in 2007. Benlaredj also uses the nickname Samir.
His age is believed to be between 30 and 35. His last known whereabouts was in Spain.
Costas Sampson
On August 25, 2012 Sampson was convicted of raping a girl he met at a nightclub in London in February 2010. The girl was taken unwell after accepting a drink from a stranger, and Sampson and a friend offered to take her home.
Sampson told one of the girl’s friends that he was a medical expert. He later raped the girl at her flat while she was incapacitated.
Sampson was also convicted of stealing her mobile phone, plus her flatmate’s laptop and games console. He is a Cypriot national who is known to use the alias Kostas.
Shashi Dhar Sahnan
Sahnan is accused of being involved in the importation of controlled Class A drugs, heroin, into the United Kingdom. The huge quantity of drugs, which were concealed in packaging surrounding air conditioning units, was seized by HM Revenue and Customs during a joint operation with Leicestershire police in July 2007.
Customs officers found the drugs hidden in the struts of pallets upon which the machinery was being transported. Sahnan, who was born in India, has brown eyes and wears a hearing aid in his right ear which sits over the ear.
Mehmet Salih
Between December 2010 and November 2011 Salih is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine. It is believed he was contacted on a regular basis by an associate for the purposes of buying cocaine, delivering it and collecting payments.
In May 2011, Salih allegedly visited Lincolnshire to deliver a quantity of cocaine that was subsequently recovered by the police. He was arrested and was in possession of £20,000. Salih was released on bail to appear at a police station later in the year but failed to attend.
Salih is a Cypriot national. He has a scar on his right eye.
John Barton
John Barton was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2003 after being convicted in his absence for conspiring to import a commercial amount of heroin into the United Kingdom between 1999 and 2000. The drugs, from Holland, were worth a profit of £10,000,000.
He has been on the run ever since a judge agreed to let Barton and his solicitor go to Amsterdam to prepare his defence - but he never returned. The former carpet importer is believed to have links to Fuengirola in Spain.
Shazad Ghafoor
Ghafoor allegedly took a courtesy car from a dealership in Manchester in August 2013 using a driving license in another person’s name. Police spotted the car and the pursuit ended in the Halifax area when he crashed.
His wife and two children, who were also in the car, suffered minor injuries. Cash to the value of £80 to £100,000 was found in the car. There were traces of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on the notes.
He was charged with fraud, possession of criminal property, dangerous driving and disqualified driving. Ghafoor was also charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply after a vehicle was searched in Withington in November 2013 and cannabis worth £245,000 was found.
In May 2014 Ghafoor pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. He was due to appear at court in February 2015 in relation to the other charges but failed to answer his bail and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
In addition, Ghafoor was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply in relation to a separate seizure of cannabis worth £24,000 that was found at a house on Kingsway Avenue, Burnage, in September 2014. He was due to appear in court but failed to answer his bail and another warrant was issued for his arrest.
Ghafoor has pock mark on right cheek, scar on right of the nose and a scar on top of right hand.
Nana Oppong
Oppong is wanted in connection with the murder of Robert Powell, 50. Oppong allegedly drove to a party where Powell was present and shot him eight times with a 9mm pistol.
He and Powell allegedly belonged to rival criminal networks. Thought to be aged around 41, he also has two circular scars above his right eye. A series of small scars on his left hand and fingers and a stomach scar near his naval.
Rezgar Zengana
On the December 10, 2006 at Argyle Street, Glasgow, Zengana posed as a private hire taxi driver to pick up his 25-year-old woman victim before driving her to a private dwelling where he raped his victim. He was convicted of the rape but is still to be sentenced for this offence.
Zengana is an Iraqi national.
Jonathon Kelly
Kelly is wanted by Police Scotland on recall to prison to serve the remaining sentence of 9 years 10 months for a number of serious assaults. Described as being extremely violent, Kelly, was convicted at various courts of a number of offences between 2002 and 2010.
He received sentences in excess of 16 years, and in September 2013 he was released on licence but failed to adhere to conditions set. The offences he was convicted of included an assault to severe injury and danger of life, robbery, assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement, breach of the peace and having a sharply pointed implement in prison.
In one of the most serious assaults Kelly stabbed and paralysed his victim using a machete. He is described as 180cm tall, heavy build, blue/grey eyes, short brown hair, Scottish accent, and occasionally has a beard. Also has scars to the left and right side of the face, on his arms and his right hand.
Richard Wakeling
Richard Wakeling, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import £8,000,000 of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016. On April 9 last year he was convicted and sentenced to 11 years after he absconded before his 12-week trial began.
Wakeling has a right lower leg amputation and uses a prosthetic leg. He has family and friends in Ireland, Spain, Canada and Thailand. He requires regular medical treatment.
Osman Audeniz
Aydeniz is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine. Three others have already been convicted in connection with this offence.
He is also wanted for conspiracy to commit theft and transferring criminal property. Aydeniz is a Cypriot national.
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