The crime boss had managed to escape in the early hours of October 22 when he had faked an illness and had been admitted to Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital.
Chavalit has been under the watchful eye of the police since 2007 before he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years and three months in prison for trying to help one of his henchmen break out of jail. He would have completed his term on May 6.
Chavalit had been wanted over several cases, but always managed to escape sentencing thanks to help from a big-name politician in Phatthalung.
Among the serious charges, Chavalit was accused of masterminding the abduction and murder of a police officer in Phatthalung’s Muang district in 2007. He was also suspected of masterminding the abduction of small narcotics dealers in the South to extort protection fees. Sources say most of the crimes he is accused of took place in 2019 when he also…
