Two of Britain's 'most wanted' arrested in Spain
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Two of Britain's 'most wanted' arrested in Spain
Two of Britain's most wanted fugitives have been arrested in Spain a day after Scotland Yard launched a campaign. Anthony Kearney and Donna McCafferty, both wanted for fraud offences, were detained by local police in the Alicante area of southern Spain. Kearney, 43, is wanted by Strathclyde Police in his native Scotland, and is known to use nine different aliases including Philip M Hanscombe, Alan McBride and Charles Connelly. McCafferty, 41 and also wanted by the Strathclyde force, was arrested under the alias Elizabeth McAndrew. She has also used the name Janet Kearney. The charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency issued descriptions of ten criminals believed to be hiding in the Costa Blanca area near Alicante on Thursday as part of Operation Captura 2. It aims to catch people wanted in the UK for crimes including murder, sex offences, drug trafficking and kidnap in the UK. More than 25,000 people have visited the Crimestoppers website in the 24 hours since the new appeal was launched, with more than 50 "valuable" pieces of information being passed on to police. The details of the remaining eight criminals at large are posted online on the Most Wanted section of the Crimestoppers website www.crimestoppers-uk.org. Anyone with information about any of the individuals in Operation Captura 2 can call the freephone Spanish 900 555 111 telephone number.
ITN | November 7, 2008
