British fugitive arrested at Christmas Day meal

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A fugitive has been arrested during a Christmas Day meal in the Netherlands after five years on the run. Daniel Burdett, 28, from Liverpool, sat down to dinner at a restaurant in The Hague when Dutch police arrested him, the National Crime Agency said. He is facing 10 charges of conspiracy to import firearms and conspiracy to supply class A and B drugs.The arrest was part of an investigation into a group thought to be using truck drivers to smuggle firearms and ammunition from the Netherlands to the UK, an NCA spokeswoman said.

Mark Spoors, NCA branch commander, said:"The arrest of one of our long-standing fugitives is a fantastic result."

another turkey voted for christmas

What a moment !?

Hopefully all this sort of thing will disappear after Brexit.

... and the BBC shows a picture of a Christmas meal 🙄

Well that's buggered his free movement.

Wow. They treat escaped fugitives rough in the Netherlands.

Handy photo in case someone didn't know what a Christmas dinner looks like.

BBC beat ITV again in showing us what a roast dinner looks like.

Turkey and rice?

That's a really poor turkey to potato ratio.

Go home BBC you're drunk

And the winner of the Most Desperate News Picture of the Year Because We Don’t Have One of the Wanted Man goes to ... this one. 😂😂😂 PS Even the rubbish Evening Standard has a mugshot.

Hard to believe he fell into this trap!

He was stuffed

Was his name Jesus?

Nice try. BBCBiasAndLies

BBC shows a picture of a turkey and not the jail bird.

Would you like some stuffing Sir?

I bet it was the sprouts that gave him a way

operation paxo

Actually, he was arrested in Turkey...

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