Thalang Police Chief Col. Sompong Thiparpakul confirmed this morning that Czech fugitive Zdenek Pfeifer, 52, was arrested last night in Phuket’s popular west coast beachfront neighbourhood of Bang Ta.
Pfeifer was wanted by Interpol for sex offenses in the Czech Republic, they included sex with minors and intentionally passing his HIV infection via unprotected sex.
Police in Thailand believe Pfeifer may have infected up to 10 people in the kingdom in his three years living here as a fugitive.
The alarm was raised when Pfeifer was spotted at the Tesco Thalang shopping mall yesterday evening and a police officer on duty there was notified.
The officer responded and questioned Pfeifer, who denied he was the man police were looking for.
“The officer took Pfeifer’s motorbike key while he called for backup to make sure Pfeifer was the man we were looking for, but he had a spare motorbike key on him and took off,” Col. Sompong said this morning.
Cherng Talay Police tracked Pfeifer down at his rented room at Sila Apartment in Soi Bang Tao 3, where his motorbike was parked outside.
Pfeifer was taken into custody, then taken to the Phuket Immigration Office detention center in Phuket Town, where he remained overnight.
Pfeifer is expected to be flown to Bangkok and handed over to authorities here later today for probable deportation by authorities.
Story: The Phuket News
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