FUGITIVE paedo Mohammed Yaqub is in jail on remand after being tracked down by the Irish Sun.

UK authorities launched a European Arrest Warrant process following our recent expose.

Convicted paedophile Mohammed Yaqub Credit: Crispin Rodwell - The Sun Dublin

Irish Sun's Gary approaches Yaqub Credit: Crispin Rodwell - The Sun Dublin

The 55-year-old fiend has been detained and is now being held with 350 other sex offenders in the Midlands prison in Co Laois.

The Irish Sun recently found twisted Yaqub — who is wanted in England — living in a Citroen Xsara in a supermarket carpark in ­Newbridge, Co Kildare.

We then passed on details of the child pix monster’s location.

A source told the Irish Sun: “Yaqub is now off the streets. He is being held on remand in the Midlands prison.

"The European Arrest Warrant process has been initiated by the authorities in Britain.

"The process is ongoing at this time.”

Another source told us: “There will be considerable relief that he is in jail. There have been a number of issues with this individual.”

THE SEX OFFENDER ORIGINALLY SERVED TIME IN ENGLAND

We revealed sicko Yaqub sparked panic by prowling outside a crèche here over a string of days.

That forced shocked preschool bosses and sports clubs to issue an alert for parents to be on their guard.

After being rumbled moving around Ireland by our series of stories, UK authorities have now made their move to seek a European Arrest Warrant for the wanted man.

Yaqub was recently detained in the capital before being put on remand in the Midlands prison.

The sex offender originally served time in prison in England after he was caught with indecent images of children.

Greater Manchester Police have raided his UK address but he was not there and officers had not been able to find him.

The police force had been searching for Yaqub for some time.

They said he knew he was wanted and was avoiding arrest.

Our investigation team tracked him down as he visited a Tesco store in Newbridge, walked around a housing estate and parked his Citroen at a McDonald’s.

When our reporter confronted him, Yaqub would only say: “I’m not interested in speaking to you.”

The fugitive paedo reading in his car Credit: Crispin Rodwell - The Sun Dublin