Fugitive Australian nabbed for drug rap

Police have arrested an Australian man wanted in his home country on drugs and weapons charges, who was staying in Phuket on a Thai student visa.

Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat Sajjapan, Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner, said during a press briefing on Thursday that Robert Wainwright had been sent to Phuket Immigration Office after his arrest in tambon Rawai of Muang district of Phuket.

Mr Wainwright was reportedly staying in Phuket with student status through a language school with his Australian girlfriend.

Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat said Mr Wainwright’s girlfriend handled his affairs to avoid suspicion.

Immigration police arrested Mr Wainwright and his girlfriend while leaving a villa in Phuket on Aug…