British fugitive drug 'kingpin' nabbed in Thailand

File picture of crystal meth. British drug trafficker Jonathan Moorby, 47, convicted over a $1.3 million narctotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run. - AFP/file

Bangkok (AFP) - A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said Tuesday, the latest example of global underworld figures using the kingdom as a bolthole.

Jonathan Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on the popular southern tourist island of Koh Samui on Monday following an investigation by British detectives.