Police arrested an Aussie man at a luxury accommodation in Phuket on August 10 after the foreigner fled a drug charge from his homeland to hide in Thailand.
Phuket Provincial Immigration Police today held a press conference to report the successful arrest of the Australian, Robert Wainwright. The arrest was made on Thursday, August 10 near a luxury pool villa in the Rawai sub-district, Meaung district, Phuket province.
Officers reported that the Australian authorities had recently executed Operation LESALAN, an investigative initiative aimed at the detection and apprehension of suspects in drug and firearm trafficking. However, some of the suspects, including Wainwright, managed to evade arrest.
After conducting a further investigation into runaway suspects, the Australian authorities discovered Wainwright was hiding in Thailand. Wainwright reportedly…
