An Australian clothier who was needed on drug costs and skipped bail has been arrested in Europe marking the tip of a 12-year-long manhunt.
Benjamin Woodcock allegedly fled Australia by boat in 2010 earlier than he was arrested in Croatia in August and extradited to Western Australia on Friday.
He had skipped in another country as he confronted drug-related costs after he was allegedly discovered with half a kilogram of meth hidden in his underwear.
Woodcock allegedly used pretend names and passports to journey all over the world and he’s suspected to have grow to be concerned in a number of bushy conditions.
In a single confronting video, he was filmed with a bloody face after an alleged incident involving a home in Bali.
It marks a devastating fall from grace for the designer who co-founded boutique style label Illionaire and launched the model at Style Week in 2007.
An Australian clothier who was needed on drug costs and skipped bail has been arrested in Europe marking the tip of a 12-year-long manhunt
In a single confronting video, Woodcock was filmed with a bloody face after an alleged incidents with locals in Bali
Woodcock was allegedly discovered with $800,000 value of meth after police pulled him over his automotive in Maylands, Perth, in August 2010.
He was ordered to report back to police 3 times per week as a part of bail circumstances however failed to point out up, prompting an arrest warrant to be issued in October.
Police consider Woodcock made it in another country by boat earlier than travelling the world and visiting international locations like Indonesia, Netherlands, England and Spain.
Woodcock was allegedly utilizing three pretend passports together with a British one with the title ‘Matte Black’, The West Australian reported.
Video later emerged of Woodcock showing with a bloodied face whereas he was staying in Bali this yr.
Locals posted the footage claiming he had tried to set alight a home with one resident complaining he ‘created so many issues’.
Woodcock is seen the footage with blood oozing down his face and onto his loose-fitting t-shirt.
Woodcock was allegedly utilizing three pretend passports together with a British one with the title ‘Matte Black’
In a single scene he’s seen mendacity down on the bottom subsequent to a can with a nozzle on it.
He then travelled to Europe earlier than he was arrested by native police in Croatia at Dubrovnik airport on August 1.
WA Police Commander Gordon Fairman praised police for managing to extradite him again to Australia following a prolonged manhunt.
‘For 12 years now we have continued the investigation into this man’s disappearance and regardless of the measures he took to cover and alter his identification we by no means gave up the seek for him,’ he stated.
