Dubai Police have arrested a dangerous British criminal, named Craig Martin Moran, the leader of an organized gang named "Colin Gunn", and the accused began his criminal activities at the age of 16, and is sentenced to life imprisonment in his home country for his involvement in drug trafficking, psychotropic substances, and firearms. , And that after Dubai Police received an international note (red leaflet), from the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).
Dubai Police Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, said that the leader of the "Colin Gun" gang, who has criminal records, was handed over to the British authorities after he was presented to the Dubai Public Prosecution and took the necessary legal measures to extradite him, in accordance with the international laws followed in this regard. What was appreciated by the security services there, which praised the exceptional efforts of Dubai Police in combating organized crime, and the arrest of its perpetrators, in cooperation with various police agencies in the world, and INTERPOL, in order to prevent the spread of these crimes, which threaten the security of societies.
Al-Marri stressed that Dubai Police translates - through its work under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Interior - the UAE’s approach to fruitful cooperation with police agencies in the world, and to address crime everywhere, pointing out that the arrest of the leader of the "Colin Gun" gang came after a continuous and accurate follow-up of his movements from Before the release of the red notice of his arrest, the work teams at the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Criminal Investigation at Dubai Police, noting the efforts of the work teams, which contributed to the overthrow of the gang leader professionally and at high speed, during a tight ambush.
For his part, General Assistant Commander of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansoori, said that through the exchange of information with the British authorities regarding the leader of the "Colin Gun" gang, a working group has been formed from the elite officers and members of the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigations, represented In the Department of Wanted Research and Investigation, officers working in the Center for Criminal Data Analysis to follow up on his movements and arrest him.
He added that the work teams harnessed the latest techniques of artificial intelligence, at the Center for Criminal Data Analysis, which contributed to determining the residence of the leader of the "Colin Gen" gang, then worked to follow his movements and activities, until the zero hour and prepare for the ambush.
On how to arrest him, the Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations in Dubai Police, Brigadier Jamal Al-Jallaf, stated that after locating the leader of the "Colin Gen" gang and following up on his daily actions, the research and investigation teams managed to prepare a tight ambush to arrest him. His car, immediately after leaving his residence, was able to control him professionally, before he could take any action.
The director of the wanted department, Colonel Saeed Al-Qamzi, confirmed that the leader of the “Colin Gun” gang, who was a former person in his hometown, was 16 years old, and he entered the prison more than once, most notably after he committed an armed robbery, accompanied by another, at a jewelry store in Nottingham , Which led to the killing of the jeweler, and he was imprisoned accordingly for 13 years.
He was also convicted by the Nottingham City Criminal Court, in the case of selling narcotic drugs, the value of which was estimated at millions of pounds, and was imprisoned in its wake, but he went out last year and carried out other crimes in his homeland, to finally be issued a new sentence against life imprisonment, and the publication of the Red Notice, for his arrest By Interpol.
He pointed out that the cooperation between Dubai Police, with the international police services, resulted in the delivery of 52 international international wanted persons during the last period, and included the cases of the internationally wanted, who were handed over by the Dubai Police General Command to the countries concerned: terrorism, organized crime, money laundering, killing, and drugs .
The gang leader was involved in drug trafficking, psychotropic substances and firearms.