POLICE have released the identities of ten suspected criminals hiding out on the “Costa del Crime”, including a man they believe robbed and hijacked a lorry in North Yorkshire.
Detectives want the public to help them trace fugitives thought to be on the run in the Costa del Sol region of Spain.
Among those on the latest “most wanted” list are men suspected of murder, child sex offences, kidnapping, robbery and drug smuggling. One of them is Darren Kevin O’Flaherty, 36, who is wanted for conspiracy to kidnap and rob after a lorry was hijacked in Londonderry Lorry Park, near Bedale, and driven to Merseyside in 2006.
The driver of an Iveco box van was taking his cargo north on the A1 when he parked for the night at the lorry park and went to sleep in his cab. He was woken by masked men who threatened him and drove the lorry off – with him in it.
The driver was later released and the lorry was torched.
As well as the lorry hijack, O’Flaherty is also wanted for murder in Spain.
Several Spanish coastal resorts have been dubbed the “Costa del Crime” since the 1970s because hundreds of wanted British criminals are thought to have fled there.
Anyone with information about those named by Crimestoppers should phone 0800 555 111 in the UK or 900 555 111 in Spain.
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