Two Russians wanted in their home country and by Interpol for drug offences have been arrested after they had been in hiding in Krabi and Phuket provinces for nearly two years.

Pol Lt Gen Suchart Theerasawat, an assistant police chief in charge of transnational crime, said in a press briefing on Sunday that Roman Ledenev, 33, and Alexander Bukharev, 42, were arrested in Phuket on Friday.

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