Sri Lankan drug suspect Saliya Perera Wiwala Arachchige is interrogated by Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn (standing third from right) during a media briefing on Saturday. (Supplied photo)A Sri Lankan man wanted for drug trafficking in his home country has been arrested in Bangkok, four years after he first fled to Thailand. Saliya Perera Wiwala Arachchige was apprehended in front of the Narathiwas Residence Hotel on Sathu Pradit Soi 19 in the Chong Nonsi area on Thursday. According to Sri Lankan authorities, the suspect had fled the country four years ago. He has been accused of colluding with a major drug trafficking gang in his home country.

Source: Bangkok Post September 08, 2018 11:03 UTC