An international drug trafficker wanted in the United Kingdom was arrested by police in Bangkok, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jiraphob Puridej said on Saturday.
The arrest took place at noon on Friday on Sukhaphiban 5 Road when a joint force of CIB and Crime Suppression Division (CSD) agents swooped in to nab British national Richard Mark Wakeling, 54, police said.
The man had changed his name to Aaron Peter Lumsden, police said, citing his new passport.
Pol Lt Gen Jiraphob said police had an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court on Jan 31.
The man, who hails from Brentwood in Essex, is wanted in the United Kingdom for smuggling narcotics into the European…
