A fugitive who brazenly taunted police through Facebook after fleeing to Spain has finally been caught and sent to jail.
Steven Johnson, 40, used Facebook accounts under various aliases and gloated 'Catch me if you can!' after going on the run while on parole.
He posted pictures from the south of Spain showing him living the high life - including posing in front of supercars and smoking cannabis.
Steven Johnson used social media to taunt police, posing with supercars and bragging about living the high life in Spain
The 40-year-old, who used various aliases on Facebook, was wanted for recall to prison. He was originally sentenced to six years and 11 months in prison for possession with intent to supply class A drugs
Police finally caught up with Johnson this week, arresting him in Merseyside. He has now been jailed for seven years
Under one of his various Facebook aliases - 'Simon Woods' - Johnson posed next to a fleet of luxury yachts (above) and bragged 'Life's been good to me'
The convicted drug dealer, from Merseyside, took selfies and boasted about growing cannabis, going for massages and spending time around luxury boats and cars
Johnson, who was jailed for almost seven years for his role in a drugs gang, boasted: 'You will never find me! Hahaha.
'Going to pick me goats up! 100 goats need milking everyday!'
In another post, Johnson is seen standing next to a luxury car.
The caption reads: 'Just got out of bed. Off the yacht and in the porches bed head. Going for a massage.'
And standing in front of a Porsche, he taunted police by daring: 'Catch me if you can.'
Johnson, formerly of Prescot, Merseyside, got his comeuppance on Wednesday when police arrested him at an address in Knowsley in Whiston.
He had been wanted since January 2014 after breaching the licence conditions of his parole.
Johnson had been wanted on recall to prison for two years but instead he ridiculed police on Facebook
Clearly enjoying the high life, Johnson gloated about having a new car every day, adding, 'Don't you just love it! I love the lottery'
Posing next to a red Ferrari, Johnson wrote on Facebook 'catch me if you can'
The 'catch me if you can' criminal formerly of Prescot, Merseyside, was arrested by police at an address in Knowsley in Whiston
Sergeant Mark Worrall, from Merseyside Police, said: 'The arrest of Johnson shows that we never give up.
'Johnson has been wanted on recall to prison for two years and he has obviously been living the high life abroad, but that has been cut short and he's now back behind bars.'
Johnson was originally sentenced to six years and 11 months for possession with intent to supply drugs.
His home was used as a safe house by a gang which peddled huge volumes of cocaine out across the North West.
Police didn't give up trying to track Johnson down, eventually catching up with him back in the UK. He took a series of selfies during his time abroad, even posing with cannabis plants
Left, Johnson takes a selfie while smoking what appears to be cannabis and right, he posts an ironic picture posing behind window bars - which look like the bars of a jail cell
Under the alias profile Simon Woods, Johnson posted a picture of cannabis plants and kept his friends updated on their growth
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