FBI fugitive spent the day in Shannon

In an incident reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, the Irish Independent reports that an FBI fugitive wanted for a $100m California mortgage scam spent a day in Shannon last week with an exstimated 160kg of gold bars worth €4m.

Christopher Warren (26) had rented an aircraft at a cost of $156,000 for the flight from Las Vegas to Shannon after he posted a confession on the internet. The aircraft arrived in Shannon on February 3 to refuel and allow the crew rest whilst it was en route to Jounieh in Lebanon.

US authorities were initially unaware that he had left the country but by the time the aircraft reached Lebanon the search had commenced. Lebanese police searched his hotel room but Warren had fled by this stage.

The chase ended earlier this week when Warren was arrested attempting to re-enter the United States by taxi from Canada. When he was arrested he had $70,000 in $100 bills pushed down his cowboy boots as well as $1m in Swiss bank certificates and nearly $6,000 in platinum in his possession.