Police trap that caught Australia's most wanted

[TizMe]

Police trap that caught Australia's most wanted | News.com.au

The cops have been chasing this expert bushmen for 7 years.

They finally caught up with him.

[kingwilly]

My clickin finger is broke, can yer cut n paste some?

[kingwilly]

My clickin finger is broke, can yer cut n paste some?

[Rural Surin]

There's only one real expert bushman.

[CaptainNemo]

There's only one real expert bushman.

[Cujo]

Lazy fucker tizme

Locals say Malcolm Naden stole weapons, food and clothing from their homes

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• The Daily Telegraph
• March 23, 2012 11:56AM

• Gloucester resident slept with gun under her bed
• Suspects Naden was behind robberies on her home
• The thief stole guns, survival gear, food and clothing

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End of the line as fugitive Malcolm Naden finally in custody. Picture: Police Media




A GLOUCESTER local who slept with a gun under her bed because Malcolm Naden was in the area said she can sleep sound now that he has been arrested.


Naden moved to Goulburn




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Lyn Steghs said she believed Naden was behind a spate of robberies on her property over the past year where weapons, survival gear, food and clothing were taken, she told the ABC.Though neither Ms Steghs or her husband saw Naden do it, they suspected he was responsible.
She said she and her family feared for their lives.
Ms Steghs said she and her husband heard someone on their verandah during one of the robberies where a gun, binoculars, clothing were taken. The thief also empties their lolly jar.
During the last robbery, the intruder trashed the couple's house, littering the bedroom with food.

Naden was arrested after officers from the Tactical Operations Unit raided a property 30km west of Gloucester on Wednesday night.
Soon after 7.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday an electronic monitoring board inside the strike force Durkin command post at Gloucester lit up.

The flashing lights signalled to officers that something was moving inside a farm hut in the remote Moppy area - and it was bigger than an animal.
Sensors had been covertly planted inside the Moppy Rd hut after wanted fugitive Malcolm Naden, 38, allegedly broke into it recently. Police intelligence showed he had a tendency to return to the scene of previous break-ins.
A senior police source told The Daily Telegraph that, when the board repeatedly lit up, officers knew it was no animal moving about. It was a human.
Infrared sensors had been placed at various heights, including some up high, making it impossible for an animal to set them off.
"That's when they sat up and began to swing into operation," the senior police officer said.
Up to 45 officers, including the heavily armed tactical operations unit, homicide squad detectives and senior police, gathered for a briefing, and then took off.


Malcolm Naden is taken into custody at Taree police station. Picture: Nathan Edwards




This was the moment they had waited for.
For seven years Naden had been wanted for questioning over the 2005 strangulation of Dubbo woman Kristy Scholes and the disappearance of another woman from the same town, Lateesha Nolan, a mother of four.
The officers travelled about 20km until the roads ran out and trekked the last 10km on foot. When they arrived it was obvious someone was inside - smoke was drifting from the chimney.
Police surrounded the hut, planning to move in about 2am when they thought Naden would be asleep.
But, just after midnight, a wild and woolly-looking Naden wandered outside for a cigarette.
When he struck the match, which threw off light, police feared their close positions had been compromised so they "charged at him".
Naden bolted but was confronted by armed officers. He ran back into the hut and out the back door, where more police were waiting.
A scuffle took place between Naden, an officer and a police dog named Chuck. Naden was bitten on the ankle and the officer suffered a wrist injury.
Police asked the man: "Who are you? Are you Malcolm Naden?"
"Yes. I'm Malcolm Naden" came the reply.



Police arrest fugitive Malcolm Naden. Picture: Channel 10




A putridly dirty, thin and beaten-looking Naden was handcuffed and shackles were placed on his ankles.

At 12.15am Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione was told Australia's most wanted man was in custody.
"I received a call from Deputy Commissioner field operations, Nick Kaldas, who told me we'd caught Malcolm Naden. I always knew the day would come but I didn't realise how much relief I'd feel knowing he was in our custody - or the pride at the work my officers have done," Mr Scipione said.
Inside the hut, officers found a semi-automatic firearm which had been stolen last month.
Assistant Commissioner Carlene York, who led the hunt, said the gun was loaded.
The tactics used in the hunt were the most covert ever used by NSW Police.
A specialist team which had been based in the bush since the alleged shooting of an officer by Naden on December 7, were brought in because of their training in counter-terrorism surveillance.

Naden moved to maximum security jail



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After Naden's arrest police divulged more details of the intense hunt to find him. Specially trained officers had spent months trekking and mapping the terrain the master bushman called home.
They used GPS trackers to monitor his movements and even planted the devices in camping equipment left in huts which they hoped Naden would break into.
It is believed that ploy nearly paid off when he was tracked by GPS last December, only to allegedly shoot a police officer.
Sophisticated sensors had been deployed for months in huts Naden was known to break into. They were also strategically planted in trees along tracks and trails.
"That was something that was quite common to his movements, that he was often going back to the same residence where he'd done break-and-enters over a period of years, often using similar tracks to travel along," Ms York said.
"It was that painstaking gathering of evidence and intel by my officers that assisted us in the successful operation last night."
Mr Scipione thanked the people of northern NSW for their invaluable assistance and support during the hunt for Naden.
"The arrest of this man this morning marks the end of a very difficult and lengthy investigation and search operation by NSW Police," Mr Scipione said.
"This result could not have been achieved without the co-operation of communities in northern NSW whose assistance and vital information has helped police over a long period of time."

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[TizMe]

I don't know why they blur his face in the photos.
There's been no blurring in all the wanted pictures.

[Kwang]

7 years on the run, living like an animal, he's probably gonna enjoy jail

[TizMe]

AS HE was finally bundled into the back of a police truck, the nation's most-wanted fugitive Malcolm Naden turned to police and said: ''This beats walking.''
On his 2466th night in the wilderness, the hunt for the armed and dangerous alleged killer had come to an end.
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Seven years on the run ... Malcom Naden is taken away after being captured by police.

Sitting on the sodden ground in handcuffs, surrounded by his captors, a lucid and relaxed Mr Naden said: ''Thank God it's over, I've had enough.''
It was 12.04am yesterday when the expensive and at times embarrassing hunt for the fugitive finally concluded - the plan had, finally, been perfectly executed.
Those involved in the operation told the Herald it was with a whimper, not a firefight, that they got their man.
Going quietly ... Malcolm Naden leaves Taree Hospital after medical checks. Photo: Carl Muxlow

''He was quite calm really, and he indicated relief that he had been caught,'' an officer said. ''Once he realised he was caught, he seemed to accept it all.''
Today marks exactly six years and nine months since the former abattoir worker fled his grandparents' home in Dubbo.
Little did he know, a simple attempt to thaw some meat for a much-needed feed led directly to his capture.
Last stand ... the hut where Naden was captured. Photo: Simone De Peak

About 8pm on Wednesday, motion sensors secreted in a neglected Rawdon Vale cabin alerted police that somebody was home. Police knew Mr Naden had broken into the ramshackle property before and had bugged the house and 48 others in the hope he would return.
A highly anticipated and meticulous plan swung into action and officers worked quickly to get to the property, about 30 kilometres west of Gloucester.
Starting several kilometres away, the close-knit team inched through the cold undergrowth towards the house before they were confident they had its perimeter surrounded. Then they waited for their chance.
Heavily armed officers watched as the figure inside the house pottered slowly around, taking frozen meat from an old freezer and placing it in front of a fire to defrost. Then the figure walked onto a back verandah and police pounced.
Mr Naden ran back inside and attempted to flee through a back entrance, but a police dog, Chuck, gave chase.
''He literally had no idea we were there until we confronted him,'' an officer said.
The dog locked its jaws onto Mr Naden's left leg and did not let go until handcuffs bound his wrists. The police had got their man without a shot being fired.
The .22 calibre semi-automatic rifle stolen recently from a neighbouring property was inside the hut - but Mr Naden did not have a chance to lay a hand on it.
The Herald broke the news online at 2.09am and by 8.30am the Police Commissioner was standing before the nation's media to say: ''Australia's most wanted man is behind bars.''
Once at Taree police station, Mr Naden was charged with the murder of 24-year-old Kristy Scholes, who was found dead in the bedroom of a house in Dubbo in June 2005.
He was also charged with two counts of aggravated indecent assault on a 15-year-old girl at Dubbo in 2004, and shooting with intent to murder a police officer in Nowendoc on December 7 last year.
On that occasion, police will allege they swooped on a bush campsite, Mr Naden firing at them as he vanished once more into the bush.
Mr Naden faced Taree Local Court yesterday, where magistrate Michael Morahan adjourned the case to April 24. The police prosecutor asked that the case be brought back before the court within four weeks because more charges were expected to be laid.
A short time later he was bundled into a high-security prison van for the long drive to Goulburn's high-security prison, Super-Max, home to some of the state's most dangerous offenders.
For the families of Mr Naden's alleged victims, the news of his arrest was met with relief.
''We will follow this right to the end. We want closure,'' said Tony Scholes, a relative of the woman Mr Naden is accused of killing.
Mr Naden has not yet been charged over the disappearance of mother-of-four Lateesha Nolan, but they are expected to be laid. Her father, Mick Peet, said the words ''I've got him'' were music to his ears. ''I immediately nearly dropped to the floor. I just sort of went all limp,'' Mr Peet told the Herald.
''I had so many thoughts in my mind. I didn't know which one to bring out first.''

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[Cujo]

I'll bet he was on the nose.