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SNOWING IN BALI

volcanoes, out to the sea by Tanah Lot temple, often with Rafael pedalling alongside. Rafael's eldest daughter also spent time exercising with the Greek.

But after a few months Dimitrius decided to return to Brazil. A week earlier, he'd watched his horse, Rodrigo, get sentenced to death. It was expected, and wasn't stopping him wanting to set up another run. Rafael advised him against going back. 'It's too hot, man, stay here. You have a nice house, good lifestyle. What are you going to do there?' On the beach, other surfer friends were also encouraging him to stay. But he'd decided to leave – unaware Chief Caieron had already been tipped off.

With only a vague time frame of the Greek's arrival, sometime after Carnival, Chief Caieron doggedly staked out São Paulo's Guarulhos International airport. 'We used to go to the airport every single day to check any kind of purchase, booking, boarding or check-in made for him – until the day we got that information . . . he's coming from Bali with a connection flight in Paris.'

Dimitrius was carrying €3000 from Rafael to give to Fox for a new project he was doing in Brazil, but nothing incriminating. Using his Greek and not his Brazilian passport, he departed Bali assuring Rafael he'd be okay.

But as he flew into São Paulo airport on the busy Air France flight, Chief Caieron and four other officers were waiting. They'd only seen the Greek in a photo, so it was possible he'd look different, and as the passengers disembarked and streamed past, they didn't see him. As the minutes ticked by, Chief Caieron started to fear they'd missed him. 'It's the most long five minutes we've lived, 'cause lots of people came out from the aeroplane but not a sign of him. It's just a stress situation.'

Then, he saw him. Dimitrius was unwittingly walking towards him. He called out his name and Dimitrius looked up.

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