One of Britain’s most wanted criminals has finally been arrested in a Cumbrian farmhouse.
Brian Thexton, 37, was recently named by the National Crime Agency as one of the 13 most wanted men in the country.
It had been believe he was on the run in Spain's Costa Del Sol.
But last week he was seen by a police officer in Lancaster who tried, but failed, to detain him.
Thexton was stopped while driving a Vauxhall Insignia.
But as the officer tried to remove the keys from the ignition, Thexton hit the accelerator.
The policeman was dragged along with him for several yards but eventually let go and suffered minor injuries.
The public had been warned not to approach him.
Cumbria Constabulary said Thexton was arrested in a rural property near Kirkby Stephen tonight.
Detective Superintendent Andrew Slattery stated:
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