UK's Most Wanted Fugitive Calvin Parris Captured in Portugal
After four years on the run, Calvin Parris has been extradited to the UK to face charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
- Calvin Parris, 34, was apprehended by Portuguese police near Boliqueime in the Algarve on October 3.
- He was one of the National Crime Agency's most wanted fugitives, accused of using the EncroChat platform to traffic class A drugs into South Wales.
- Parris fled the UK in November 2020 following the arrest of several co-conspirators and was believed to be in Spain in 2022.
- A European Arrest Warrant was issued in December 2020, leading to a joint investigation by the NCA and European law enforcement.
- Parris appeared in Cardiff Magistrates' Court and is remanded in custody until his next court appearance in November.