Police reveal pictures of the house Australia’s most wanted man was arrested in

Fresh images have revealed the squalid conditions Australia’s most wanted man was living in before his dramatic arrest.

Graham Potter has finally been arrested after spending 12 years on the run as Australia’s most wanted man.

The man responsible for alleged murder plots and decapitating a teenager back in the 1980s has been arrested.

Potter, 64, disappeared in 2010 when he was due to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, charged with plotting murders.

He is alleged to have been planning to kill two people and was also wanted over his purported involvement in a 4.4 tonne, $440m ecstasy haul.

Potter was arrested early Monday morning at a house in the Far North Queensland town of Ravenshoe, roughly 40km south west of Cairns.

Police said Potter was climbing down from a bunk bed in a dark room with makeshift curtains in broad daylight when authorities stormed in.

The curtains were made from bed sheets.

Kittens were locked up in metal cages, while rubbish and debris was littered throughout the house.

Knives, bug spray, flash lights and cable ties were among his personal items in the abandoned campsite. Picture: Queensland Police

His personal items were scattered throughout the abandoned building.

Knives, bug spray, flash lights, lubricant, binoculars and cable ties were among the murderer’s items.

The convicted criminal was stocking up on bottles of pasta sauce, lemonade and canned food.

Personal items including bottles of pasta sauce, canned food, lubricant, and binoculars were also found scattered on the grounds. Picture: Queensland Police

The police found snippings of circled employment opportunities in the local newspaper. Picture: Queensland Police

In the 1980s, he spent 15 years in prison over the murder of teenager Kim Barry who he beat before cutting off her head and fingers.

The gruesome killing took place on his buck’s night.

Her body was found scattered throughout the mountains in Wollongong – south of Sydney.

Potter was released in 1996.

Kim Narelle Barry whose body was found under a cliff at Jamberoo near Kiama on the NSW south coast in February, 1981. Image: Supplied.

In vision released by police, the 64-year-old was seen on a bunk bed before he is handcuffed and taken into custody.

“This is the police. Do not move,” one officer was heard shouting at Mr Potter.

“Put your hands where I can see them.”

Potter has been previously linked to organised crime figures across Victoria and NSW.

He was known to dramatically change his appearance and take on aliases to stay under the radar.

Potter was arrested on Monday in Far North Queensland after police received a tip off about his whereabouts.

He had been on the run from police for more than a decade.

Potter allegedly evaded capture for more than a decade by changing his appearance and identity, including wearing fat suits and wigs, and befriending elderly women for accommodation.

Graham Gene Potter, 64, one of Australia's most wanted alleged fugitives, has been arrested. Picture: Queensland Police

“Over that period of time, a significant amount of law enforcement agencies right across Australia had been involved in the hunt for [Potter],” Victoria Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Mick Frewen said.

Potter is alleged to have been planning to kill two people and was also wanted over his purported involvement in a 4.4 tonne, $440m ecstasy haul.

Queensland police received reports of possible sightings of Potter in 2011 in the Queensland town of Tully – just 50km from where he was arrested on Monday.

He managed to escape from police despite being pulled over in a routine traffic stop.

At the time, police uncovered a campsite believed to have been used by Potter, allegedly finding knives and letters detailing how he planned to stay hidden.

In these letters, the offender bragged about how he had used fat suits, hair dye and wigs to go undetected.

Potter’s strategies were discovered in letters at a campsite 140km south of Cairns, on August 28, 2010 – the year police officers investigated a tip-off about his possible location. Picture: Queensland Police.

Graham Potter was greeted by his father in October 1996 after he was released from prison after serving 15 years for the murder of Kim Barry. Picture: Michael Jones/Crime NSW

Victoria Police will travel to Queensland to seek Potter’s extradition.

He is expected to appear before Mareeba Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Originally published as Police reveal pictures of the house Australia’s most wanted man was arrested in