Swiss man caught offering illegal medicine after 8 years of hiding in Thailand

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Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today arrested a Swiss man at a house in the Isaan province of Kalasin after he escaped arrest for manufacturing and offering illegal medicines in Switzerland and hid in Thailand for more than eight years.

Swiss authorities contacted the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in early October to seek cooperation in returning the wanted suspect, 64 year old Alfred, to Switzerland.

According to Swiss authorities, Alfred produced and supplied several types of illegal medicines from 2012 to 2015 before fleeing to Thailand. His factory was located in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and was raided by authorities in 2015.

Officers seized illegal medicines worth 650,000 Swiss francs…