Instant gunman who shot dead have-a-go hero in botched theft is caught by law enforcement on Pakistan flight

Footage has been produced exhibiting the moment a gunman who shot useless a have-a-go hero warehouse manager in a botched robbery is collared by police on a flight from Pakistan to London.

Tahir Zarif, 29, was convicted of murder right now adhering to the incident 6 a long time in the past, and was arrested by British officers on the aircraft just after becoming extradited to the British isles.

The arrest took area in 2020 after Zarif experienced been on the operate in Pakistan after fleeing the United kingdom times immediately after the tried robbery in excess of 6 yrs ago, with the footage launched by police today.  

Zarif shot 56-year-outdated Akhtar Javeed, who bravely tried using to struggle off two gunmen all through a raid at his income-and-have, on February 3, 2016.

Tahir Zarif smiles at law enforcement officers as they board his flight from Pakistan to London Gatwick to arrest him on February 27, 2020

He seems to be nervous as officers prepare to arrest him on the flight pursuing his extradition to the British isles

Zarif winces soon after West Midlands Law enforcement officers area handcuffs on him following his arrest on the aeroplane

CCTV of Tahir Zarif as he ambushed the money and have just minutes right before he shot Akhtar Javeed on February 3, 2016 

Mr Javeed was tied up right before he was shot in the foot, leg, throat and mouth as he created a crack for the exit of the Direct Resource 3 warehouse in Digbeth, Birmingham.

He collapsed in the road and died after choking on his possess blood whilst the robbers escaped in a getaway vehicle empty-handed.

Zarif fled the United kingdom days just after the killing but he was last but not least tracked down and detained by police in Mirpur, Pakistan, in January 2018, before staying extradited in February 2020.

Zarif claimed he accidentally shot Mr Javeed 2 times in a struggle, but was uncovered guilty of murder today.

He now faces remaining jailed for lifestyle when he is sentenced at Coventry Crown Courtroom up coming Friday, December 9.

Akhtar Javeed, whose daughter explained him as an ‘honourable gentleman’, was murdered by Tahir Zarif in a botched theft in 2016

Tahir Zarif, who has been convicted of the murder of Akhtar Javeed in 2016, is pictured holding a equipment gun in Pakistan in 2015

Tahir Zarif is pictured showing to hearth a machine gun in Pakistan in 2015, the calendar year in advance of an incident in which he shot to death a warehouse operator in Birmingham

The court read the raid went horrifically mistaken as the gang threatened Mr Javeed, whose daughter has described him as an ‘honourable gentleman’, and purchased him to give up the company’s takings.

Whilst personnel had been held hostage at gunpoint, Zarif led Mr Javeed from the business office into the reception, in which he shot him in the leg as a violent warning to open the harmless.

He managed to escape right before stumbling throughout the automobile park to the pavement exactly where he collapsed and died in a pool of his own blood.

Detectives trawled CCTV to trace the gang’s actions in the hrs right before and right after the theft, corroborating the photographs with mobile mobile phone facts and ANPR captures.

A jury listened to in 2016 how a person of the gang – a former disgruntled staff at Immediate Supply 3 – drew a prepare of the warehouse so the robbers understood particularly exactly where to go as soon as inside of.

A few adult men were jailed in September 2016 for a whole of 40 decades for their part in the armed robbery.

Suraj Mistry, 26, was jailed for 23 years for manslaughter, even though Lamar Wali, 23, and Sander van Aalten, 54, were being jailed for 7 a long time and six several years and 8 months, respectively, for conspiracy to commit theft.

Law enforcement labored with the Nationwide Criminal offense Company, CPS, Foreign Office environment, the British Superior Fee in Pakistan and the Pakistani authorities to track down the final suspect Zarif.  

Detective Inspector Ranj Sangha, of West Midlands Law enforcement, explained: ‘Despite most of the gang staying jailed for this horrific criminal offense back in 2016, we refused to relaxation right up until Zarif, who fired the fatal pictures, was brought to justice.

Tahir Zarif is photographed by West Midlands Police immediately after his arrest for murder on a flight from Pakistan in 2020

Tahir Zarif seems in a online video in law enforcement custody by West Midlands Police pursuing his arrest in 2020

‘Another man’s greed led to my father’s unlawful death’, stated the daughter of Akhtar Javeed (pictured)

‘We labored actually intently with associates in this place and in Pakistan to get this end result, and I hope Mr Akhtar’s family members can get some sense of closure from nowadays.’

Talking today, Mr Javeed’s daughter Lilas reported: ‘It’s been 6 several years and nine months because my father’s everyday living was taken by Tahir Zarif. My father has been in our views every single working day because.

‘Another man’s greed led to my father’s unlawful loss of life. We are grateful to West Midlands Law enforcement for their challenging operate in making certain justice is served.’