British fugitive arrested in Dubai, charged with plot to traffic large quantities of cocaine
- Michael Paul Moogan had been on the run for eight years since a raid on a Rotterdam cafe thought to be a front for drug traffickers and cartels
- Moogan used different identities to elude capture and entered the emirate under a false name and nationality
One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives, a 35-year-old suspected of involvement in a plot to traffic huge quantities of cocaine, has been arrested in Dubai, authorities said on Sunday.
Michael Paul Moogan, from Liverpool, had been on the run for eight years since a raid on a Rotterdam cafe suspected of being a front for meetings between drug traffickers and cartels.
The cafe was “central to a plot to bring hundreds of kilos of cocaine into the UK every week,” Dubai police said in a statement.
Moogan used different identities to elude capture and entered the emirate under a false name and nationality.
After he was tracked down, he was put under surveillance before being taken into custody on April 21.
“This arrest is the result of years of investigation involving a range of law enforcement partners in the UK, Europe and Middle East,” Nikki Holland, Director of Investigations at the UK’s National Crime Agency, said in a statement.