THE hunt for Graham Gene Potter, facing charges on drugs and conspiracy to
murder, has led to the Riverina area on the border of Victoria and New South
Wales.
Purana Taskforce detectives overseeing the search received the
information last week and police were searching remote riverside areas of
Tocumwal and Cobram on Friday.
Mr Potter, 55, has been on the run since he
failed to appear on bail for conspiracy to murder charges at Melbourne
Magistrate’s Court on February 1, 2010.
Despite a number of sightings in
Queensland and several nation-wide public appeals, Mr Potter has managed to
evade police capture for more than three years.
Mr Potter is currently
facing criminal charges of conspiracy to murder and is also wanted in relation
to serious Commonwealth drug charges relating to importation.
Since Mr Potter
failed to appear in court in 2010, Victoria Police and the Australian Federal
Police (AFP) have been working closely together and with other state law
enforcement agencies to try and determine his location.
Mr Potter was last
sighted by local police in Tully, Queensland, south of Cairns and north of
Townsville, on Saturday 28 August when he ran from a vehicle during a routine
police intercept.
An extensive search was carried out and his camping
equipment was seized by the Queensland Police Service.
For more of this story, see Monday’s Guardian (May 20).
