Operation Captura suspect caught on the Costa del Sol

Matthew Sammon.

A SUSPECTED paedophile and one of the Britain’s most wanted fugitives hiding in Spain has been arrested in a late-night raid on the Costa del Sol.

Matthew Sammon was named on Thursday as one of the UK’s top ten most wanted fugitives thought to be hiding in the country and arrested just hours later following a tip-off from an expat resident.

Police swooped on the 45-year-old’s campervan in Fuengirola as he returned from walking his dog and have taken the soft-spoken south-Londoner to Alhaurin de la Torre prison for fingerprint checks and eventual extradition. 

 Sammon has been wanted for more than two years on charges of possessing indecent images of children. Authorities were tipped off by his former boss, a plasterer from Blackpool, who recognised Sammon’s face on the Operation Captura list published on Thursday. 

National Crime Agency director Steve Reynolds has praised the early success.

 “It’s absolutely fantastic that within hours of launching the appeal we have already made an arrest.

“We know that fugitives try to hide among expats living in Spain, so that’s why we have tried very hard to get their faces out there.

“Thanks to the expat community for tipping us off, this is the reason we run these campaigns.”

Author badge placeholder
Written by

Euro Weekly News Media

Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

Comments


    • GEORGE Kirkpatrick

      21 October 2016 • 14:47

      We met this guy, he seemed a nice enough bloke, But what a hullabaloo over what is probably a victimless crime, if indeed a crime at all………Is this the best the very expensive National Crime Agency can muster?………Operation Captura suspect caught on the Costa del Sol

    • Mr Concerned

      21 October 2016 • 17:37

      Worrying that you would appear to support the perpetrator of such a crime. Paedophilia is indeed a crime, and a crime with real victims (children).
      You may be the next NCA target!!

    • Mrs Concerned

      22 October 2016 • 12:55

      George, have I really just read what you have written. I am shocked, I had to read twice to confirm what you wrote.
      “Victimless crime, if indeed a crime at all” is that a joke? He was a paedophile, he should be shot in my eyes.

    Comments are closed.