LOP BURI: A Japanese yakuza boss fleeing arrest for the murder of a rival criminal gangster has been arrested in Muang district, Lop Buri, after 14 years on the run.

A combined team of Interpol, local and immigration police detained Shineharu Shirai, 74, in tambon Tha Hin of Muang district on Wednesday while he was out walking to buy food.

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