Moment smiling gangster Daniel Gee is finally caught in Greater Manchester pub after weeks on the run

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Police have issued a new image of Daniel Gee showing the fugitive smiling following his arrest. The former Merseyside gangster, who turned his own estate into a 24 hour drug trading zone, absconded from Kirklevington Grange prison in North Yorkshire on May 27.

Merseyside Police, who took over the investigation from Cleveland Police, confirmed to the Liverpool Echo today, Wednesday, June 26 that the absconded man was detained yesterday in Wigan.

The Echo understands Gee was found in a pub in the New Springs area of the town. A spokesperson for Merseyside Police today said Gee is currently in police custody and will be returned to prison. READ MORE: Gangster Daniel Gee arrested in Greater Manchester weeks after fleeing prison Gee was originally jailed on an indeterminate sentence for the public's protection in 2010 following his conviction for gun offences after he plotted to arm himself to take revenge against a teenager.

The courts heard he had plotted to arm himself after making death threats to 16-year-old gunman Jamie Starkey. Gee was seriously injured after being shot by Starkey, which happened outside an Anfield pub in the early hours, with one of the bullets piercing his stomach and lung before going out his back.