CHON BURI: Two British brothers wanted for drug trafficking in the United Kingdom have been arrested at a resort in Muang district.
Joseph Michael Mulhare, 43, and Gregory Michael Mulhare, 38, were caught in tambon Don Hualor, Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, acting head of the Immigration Bureau, said yesterday.
Their arrest followed a request by the British embassy. The brothers were said to be members of a drug trafficking gang who fled to Thailand on Nov 2 and thought hiding in Pattaya.
The suspects were being detained pending deportation to the UK to face charges.