Con Air, now flying weekly to Warsaw: £50m bill for the British taxpayer to send Polish criminals home to face justice (Many back here in THREE DAYS)

The cost to taxpayers of transporting Polish criminal suspects from Britain to face court in their home country has doubled in the past two years, it has emerged.

The secret extradition flights, dubbed Con Air, now take place on a weekly basis to remove hundreds of suspects who have fled to the UK across open borders.

While Poland pays for the flights, the ‘hidden’ administration expenses for security and holding the fugitives for weeks as they are processed through UK courts is estimated to have cost the British taxpayer £50million last year, up from £25million two years previously.
Although some of the fugitives are wanted for serious offences, many have been extradited for motoring offences and minor crimes such as spraying graffiti or even stealing a chicken.

And many of those extradited are back in the UK within three days of being dealt with by a court. Read More