‘I saw Drumm in his car and followed him home’
DAVID Dr u mm was arrested on the extradition warrant from the Irish Government after a quickthinking policeman spotted him out driving and followed him home.
The fugitive banker was pursued by a local patrolman who identified him at the wheel of his Jeep Cherokee and knew he was a wanted man.
Officer Timothy Gover called the US Marshals who sent several armed agents to the door of his €1.75million home.
Drumm answered and was immediately arrested and taken to his local police station in Wellesley, a wealthy suburb of Boston in Massachusetts.
His six years as a fugitive had come to an end and he was now in jail where he slept on a standard-issue mattress and was given three meals a day of prison food.
Drumm appeared, handcuffed and in leg chains, before Judge Cabell in Boston’s US District Court on Tuesday. Drumm’s wife Lorraine sat at the back of the courtroom as the judge ordered that he remain in custody.
Drumm, 48, i s held on 33 charges relating to his role in the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank in 2009, where he used to be chief executive.
He could face an unlimited term of imprisonment. Drumm’s bail hearing was due to take place today but was put off until October 26 at the last minute.
His lawyer Tracy Miner filed a motion saying she ‘needs time to develop factual support for special circumstances warranting release, including counsel from Ireland’.
Until now, details of Drumm’s arrest has been shrouded in secrecy and the US Marshals have refused to even reveal what time it happened at.
But documents obtained by the Irish Daily Mail show it was a patrolman who was responsible for him being apprehended.
The US Marshals appear to have notified Wellesley Police they were looking for Drumm after the Irish Government made a request for his extradition.
According to the arrest report filed by Officer Gover, he noticed Drumm at 1.30pm on Saturday.
Mr Gover wrote: ‘I noticed a black Jeep Cherokee on Lowell Road by Cliff Road.
‘I noticed the vehicle was occupied by a female passenger and I identified the vehicle operator as Mr Drumm. Mr Drumm has an outstanding warrant out of the United States District Court for extradition to Ireland.
‘The vehicle continued down Lowell Road and on to Old Colony Road where it pulled into the driveway of (his address).’
Officer Gover wrote that he called his superiors who ‘advised me to contact the US Marshal’.
He continued: ‘They arrived with the other marshals and we approached the residence.
‘Mr Drumm came to the front door and was placed under arrest and was transported to the Wellesley Police Station.’
Lt Marie Cleary of the Wellesley police department said Drumm was not allowed any visitors meaning that the first time Mrs Drumm saw him since his arrest was at his first appearance in court on Tuesday.
His six years as a fugitive ended