Detectives find Polish gangster hiding out in leafy Surrey using a dead man’s name after 18 years on the run for drug trafficking, gun possession and fraud charges
- Adam Danielewicz was found by police at address in Walton on Thames in Surrey
- Danielewicz was using a name that Polish authorities said was that of a dead man
- He had been sentenced for six and a half years by a Polish court in his absence
- Danielewicz was remanded in custody ahead of an extradition hearing to Poland
A Polish gangster has been found hiding out in leafy Surrey using the name of a dead man after 18 years on the run.
Adam Danielewicz was found by Surrey Police detectives in Walton on Thames on Friday.
He was wanted on a European arrest warrant on charges of drug trafficking, firearms possession and fraud.
Adam Danielewicz (pictured) was wanted on a European arrest warrant on charges of drug trafficking, firearms possession and fraud
Danielewicz was found by Surrey Police detectives in Walton on Thames on Friday (pictured)
At a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday, Danielewicz was remanded in custody for the extradition process to continue.
He had been sentenced for six and a half years by a Polish court in his absence and the process of him starting to serve that sentence will now begin.
Detective Sergeant Martyn Linton who led the operation said ‘This is a significant arrest for very serious offences that have taken place in Poland.
‘Danielewicz thought that he could evade justice by hiding in Surrey under a false name.
‘We work with colleagues from around the world on a daily basis and Surrey is not a safe place for fugitives to hide. We will find you’.