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Brits have been urged to look out for the most wanted men who are on the run for crimes including murder and rape in the UK.
The National Crime Agency are hunting 21 fugitives who are believed to be responsible for heinous attacks on members of the public.
If spotted, the agency has warned people not to approach them and to instead dial 999.
The NCA said: "We pursue criminals and bring them to justice. By informing communities and supporting other agencies, we can help identify criminals and speed the law enforcement process."
John James Jones
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Jones, from Ormskirk, Lancashire, is wanted for wounding with intent after he reportedly stabbed two people with a knife. He is thought to have fled the UK after the incident and is believed to have stayed at a hotel in Madrid the night before leaving the next day. He is 6ft tall and has been described to have a 'stocky' build.
Alex Male
Alex Male is wanted for drugs trafficking (National Crime Agency)Male is wanted on suspicion of buying and selling drugs across the south west of England. He has also been accused of managing other distributors through the EncroChat network. The NCA has accused Male of conspiracy to supply cocaine and ketamine, money laundering, and conspiracy to acquire a firearm.
Allan Foster
Allan Foster is accused of murder (NCA)Foster is alleged to have murdered David 'Noddy' Rice at the Marsden Bay Car Park, South Shields on 24th May 2006. He is wanted for conspiring to supply controlled drugs and for stealing a diamond ring.
Jonathon Kelly
Kelly is 'extremely violent' (NCA)Kelly is said to be 'extremely violent' and 'poses a high risk to both police and members of the public'. Some of the offences he was convicted of include an assault to severe injury and danger of life, robbery, assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement. In one of his most serious assaults he stabbed and paralysed his victim with a machete.
He is wanted by Police Scotland on recall to jail to serve his remaining prison sentence. After receiving sentences in excess of 16 years, Kelly was released in September 2013. Kelly is descibed as 180cm tall, heavy build, blue/grey eyes and a Scottish accent. He has short hair and occasionally has a beard.
Ozgur Demir
Demir is a Turkish national (National Crime Agency)Demir, a Turkish national, is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine. Three others have already been convicted in connection with this offence.
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Jack Mayle
Jack Mayle has a distinct face tattoo (National Crime Agency)Mayle, 31, from Croydon, south London, is wanted on suspicion of supplying Class A drug MDMA and other drugs. He was suspected of running a drug line called 'Flavour Quest' in south London and allegedly worked with a dark web drugs supplier.
The 31-year-old had a tattooed neck, a diamond tattoo under his left eye and ‘Croydon’ inked on the outside of his left forearm although he may have altered his appearance. He is known to be armed with weapons.
Kevin Thomas Parle
Kevin is also known as 'Hemp' (National Crime Agency)Parle, nicknamed 'Hemp', is wanted in connection with the murders in Liverpool of 16yr old Liam Kelly in 2004 and Lucy Hargreaves in 2005. He is described to be of a stocky build, with short ginger hair.
Ersin Mustafa
Ersin Mustafa is linked to a crime against JP Morgan Cazenove (National Crime Agency)Mustafa is suspected to have been involved in insider dealing with seven others while working at the London branch of investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove.
He is alleged to have obtained information about future acquisitions and mergers, which were provided to others who then traded using this information. The group were said to have made around £2.5 million in criminal profits over two years. Mustafa was arrested in July 2008 and then released on bail. He is thought to have left the UK in December 2009.
Asim Naveed and Calvin Parris
Asim Naveed has been connected to drug trafficking (National Crime Agency)
Parris has been linked back to crimes with Naveed (National Crime Agency)Naveed, 31, is accused of playing a leading role in an organised crime group which traffiked 46 kilos of cocaine into Wales between February and June 2020. The drugs was estimated to be worth around £8 million.
Parris, 33, who has gold upper teeth, is accused of being a customer of Naveed’s OCG and selling cocaine in Cardiff. He is said to have used an Encro phone to make deals with the OCG.
Fatah Benlaredj
Fatah Benlaredj is wanted for rape (National Crime Agency)Fatah Benlaredj, nicknamed Samir, is wanted for the rape of seven-year-old girl in Manchester in 2007. According to Crime Stoppers, he could be in Spain.
Christakis Philippou
Philippou is said to have swindled thousands of holidaymakers (men media)Philippou, also known as Christakis Chrysostomou, is alleged to have been involved in a holiday scam which defrauded around 20,000 people. He is wanted by the Met Police and his crimes have been linked to London.
Between 2004 and 2006 he and others are suspected of acquiring or creating new travel agencies offering cut price holidays, with prices so low that legitimate companies could not compete with them. The travel agencies then closed and left customers without a vacation.
Shashi Dhar Sahnan
Police are searching for Shashi Dhar Sahnan (PA)Shanan is accused of being involved in importing heroin into the UK. Police and HMRC seized a 'huge quantity' of drugs in 2007 which had been concealed in packaging surrounding air conditioning units. This was a joint operation with Leicestershire police. Born in India, Sahnan has brown eyes and wears an overt hearing aid in his right ear which sits over the ear.
Timur Mehmet
Timur Mehmet (NCA)Mehmet, who was born in London, was sentenced in his absence to eight years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to cheat the public revenue by operating a Missing Trader Intra-community (MTIC) fraud. The NCA said the fraud caused a loss to the UK of £25 million. Mehmet appeared in court in June 2007 but failed to attend his trial, and was convicted in his absence then sentenced.
John Barton
Barton, who lived in the small village of Caunton, in Nottinghamshire, was sentenced to 20 years in jail in his absence after being convicted of conspiring to import a 'commercial' amount of heroin into the UK between 1999 and 2000. He is believed to have links to Fuengirola in Spain.
Mehmet Salih
Mehmet Salih (NCA)Salih is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine between December 2010 and November 2011. He allegedly visited Lincolnshire to deliver the drugs which were later seized. He was arrested and was reportedly in possession of £20,000. However, he was released on brail to appear at a police station at a later date but failed to attend. Salih is a Cypriot national and has a scar on his right eye.
Callum Michael Allan
Callum Michael Allan assaulted emergency workers (NCA)Allan is wanted for 12 alleged offences including assaulting an emergency worker. He is also suspected of; possession with intent to supply Class A (heroin), supply Class A (cocaine), possession of cannabis, affray and dangerous driving.
Police raided a property in Northumbria which was suspected to be used for drug deals. Allan fled the scene and assaulted two officers who tried to restrain him on June 11, 2019. He was in possession of 113.29 grams of heroin.
He was charged and later appeared at court in April 2020 where he was given unconditional bail and failed to return. Allan is believed to be in his early to mid twenties and is around 6ft tall. He also has fine hair, blue eyes and a Tyneside accent.
Rezgar Zengana
Rezgar Zengana posed as a taxi driver (PA)Zengana pretended to be a taxi driver and went on to rape a woman, aged 35, in Glasgow in 2006. The Iraqi national was convicted of rape but has not been sentenced.
Shazad Ghafoor
Shazad Ghafoor (NCA)Ghafoor reportedly took a courtesy car from a dealership in Manchester in August 2013 using a driving license in someone else's name. Police spotted the car and the pursuit ended in the Halifax area when he allegedly crashed. His wife and two children, who were also in the car, suffered minor injuries.
Cash of up to £100,000 was allegedly recovered and there were traces of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on the notes. He was charged with fraud, possession of criminal property, dangerous driving and disqualified driving. He is wanted for skipping bail.
Daniel Dugic
Daniel Dugic is wanted by the NCA (NCA)Dugic, originally from Serbia, is suspected of being involved in a plan to import 255 kilos of cocaine. The plot involved a small UK vessel meeting a commercial container ship in the English Channel from which the drugs were transferred. Dugic was not on board either vessel, however, he is alleged to have played a huge part in arranging the importation. Several individuals were convicted in June 2011.
Osman Aydeniz
Osman Aydeniz (NCA)Aydeniz is linked to a conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of heroin. Three others have already been convicted in connection with this offence. The Cypriot national is also wanted for the conspiracy to commit theft and transferring criminal property.
Derek McGraw Ferguson
Derek Ferguson has been linked to murder (men media)Ferguson is sought in connection with the murder of Thomas Cameron on June 28, 2007, at the Auchinairn Tavern, Bishopbriggs near Glasgow. He was born in Glasgow in 1964, and is described as having green or blue eyes, and short balding brown or grey hair.