http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1292921/Raoul-Moat-Now-SAS-joins-gunman-hunt.htmlSpecial forces have joined the manhunt as Moat continues to elude a huge police dragnet. The elite troops trained in search-and-snatch operations were sent to the North East last night.
They were joined by snipers from the Metropolitan Police, while a fleet of 20 armoured cars was supplied by police in Northern Ireland.
Sources said the special forces excel at working in the dark, with heat-seeking equipment which can work over huge ranges.
Their deployment came amid mounting concern over the police operation to catch the 37-year-old former nightclub bouncer after he was revealed to have been living in a tent only 200 yards from where he dumped his car - at the very edge of the police’s so-called ring of steel.
The steroid-addicted bodybuilder headed to the moorland spot armed with two shotguns and a stash of ammunition after shooting his ex-girlfriend, killing her new partner and gunning down a policeman in Newcastle.
When police finally found his camp near Rothbury in Northumberland there was no sign of the fugitive, who had left a letter in the tent to taunt them, repeating his vow that he would keep killing officers until he died.
In the eight-page letter, addressed to his ex-girlfriend Samantha Stobbart whom he shot, Moat attempted to justify his deadly spree, saying he killed her lover Chris Brown only because she told him falsely that he was a policeman.