(Photos via GazetteLive)Surat Thani: Police have arrested a British drug trafficking suspect wanted under a warrant in his home country for trafficking cocaine in Thailand. Drug lord suspect Jonathan Michael Moorby, 45, fled England before his trial, which found him guilty in absentia of trafficking cocaine and amphetamines, including cocaine by the kilogramme to Thailand. Thai police were earlier contacted by UK authorities and Interpol to help track down Mr Moorby who is wanted under a UK warrant for drug trafficking, said Pol Maj Gen Apichart. Police later arrested Mr Moorby at a resort on the island. Mr Moorby allegedly told police that he bought the passport from an underground network in the South for one million baht.

Source: Bangkok Post May 08, 2017 21:45 UTC