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Wanted fugitive caught by Massachusetts police despite elaborate 'old man disguise'

Shaun 'Shizz' Miller is thought by the police to be involved in a major New England drug smuggling operation known as the Nauti-Block gang

Matt Payton
Saturday 20 August 2016 06:53 EDT
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Shaun 'Shizz' Miller was wanted on a charge of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute
Shaun 'Shizz' Miller was wanted on a charge of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute (ATF)

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A wanted fugitive has been arrested by Massachusetts Police despite him wearing an elaborate disguise as an 'elderly man'.

Shaun 'Shizz' Miller, 31, had been on the run since April after being charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute.

Police surrounded a house in South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, and ordered him to come out.

He walked outside in the disguise but police quickly saw through the attempted deception and arrested him, the US Justice Department said.

When South Yarmouth police raided his home, they found two loaded firearms hidden in a laundry basket and nearly $30,000 (£22,900) in cash.

He was charged alongside 11 others as part of larger complaint into a major Cape Cod drug trafficking ring known as the Nauti-Block gang.

The gang has been linked to a murder, a large number of assault charges, along with alleged drug smuggling and dealing.

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