"Do not move!": Fugitive arrested after 12 years on the run
<p dir="ltr">A man who has been on the run for over a decade has finally been <a href="https://7news.com.au/news/qld/fugitive-wanted-over-conspiracy-to-murder-arrested-after-12-years-on-the-run-c-5782114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> in Far North Queensland.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Graham Gene Potter became a fugitive in 2010, after allegedly failing to appear in a Victorian court on charges including conspiracy to murder and Commonwealth drug offences.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mr Potter faces drug charges in relation to a $440 million ecstasy and cocaine haul from 2008, the same year he was allegedly hired to kill a man at the wedding of underworld figure Mick Gatto’s son.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Since going on the run 12 years ago, Mr Potter has been spotted in the Tablelands area of Queensland after allegedly evading police in 2010.</p>
<p dir="ltr">His time on the run came to an end on Monday morning, when Queensland Police officers arrested the 64-year-old at a home in Ravenshoe, 123 kilometres south of Cairns.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">In <a href="https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2022/02/21/fugitive-arrested-ravenshoe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> released by police, Mr Potter can be seen on a bed in a squalid shack.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“This is the police. Do not move,” one officer was heard shouting.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Put your hands where I can see them.”</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/02/graham-potter1.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Queensland Police</em></p>
<p dir="ltr">Mr Potter was then handcuffed and taken into custody.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Multiple law enforcement bodies throughout Australia have been attempting to locate him for the last 12 years,” Queensland Police said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A Crime Stoppers Australia wanted post from 2021 said Mr Potter was believed to be in a relationship and living in rural Australia.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“He has welding, beekeeping, hydroponics, aquaponics, gold prospecting and earth moving skills, and is most likely to look for work as a caretaker, farm hand or outback station hand,” the post from February read.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mr Potter was known to use disguises such as wigs and fat suits, and has been the subject of several unconfirmed sightings over the years.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He has previously served 15 years in prison for the 1981 murder and mutilation of NSW woman Kim Barry.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest has been in place since 2011, and was still active up until his recent capture.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Detectives from Victoria travelled to Queensland to extradite him ahead of his appearance in court on February 22.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Queensland Police</em></p>
