Maccas for breakfast: Malcolm Naden's first meal after his arrest

Malcolm Naden, one of Australia's most wanted fugitives, has been captured west of Gloucester. 
A senior police source told The Sydney Morning Herald no shots were fired when they moved in on the armed and dangerous man in rugged bushland on the NSW north coast.


The capture puts an end to an at times embarrassing hunt for the former abattoir worker who has eluded police for nearly seven years.


A spokeswoman for NSW police said Naden's wound needed to restitched.


He was bitten by a police dog on his lower left shin during his arrest just after midnight today.
Assistant Commissioner Carlene York, the commander of Strike Force Durkin which was set up to capture Naden, said specialist officers drove into the bush after they were deployed in teams, before setting off on foot through difficult terrain.


"They then surrounded the house and there were indications of movement inside," she said. "Mr Naden came out of a doorway where he was confronted by the police, then quickly retreated back into the house."


Naden tried to escape out the back door, where he was again confronted.


"A short scuffle ensued, where he was then arrested," Ms York said, adding that Naden was bitten by a police dog during the arrest but was not seriously wounded.