Czech man suspected of spreading HIV caught in Phuket

Police early Wednesday said they have arrested a Czech man suspected of spreading HIV after a tip by a Phuket resident.

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Hunted Czech HIV fugitive caught in Phuket

Online reporters

Police early Wednesday said they have arrested a Czech man suspected of spreading HIV after a tip by a Phuket resident.

Officers said Zdenek Pfeifer, 52, was apprehended in the South, although the initial manhunt for the man had been in the North.

Mr Pfeifer, under a red notice by Interpol, is wanted in the Czech Republic for sexual offences with minors, including intentional passing his HIV infection.

Police had earlier said Mr Pfeifer was believed to have passed his infection to "several" Thai male and female partners.

Khaosod newspaper reported early Wednesday they had picked up the suspect while on routine patrol in Phuket.

Police said that while investigating in the parking lot of the Tesco Lotus department store in Phuket town, a man resembling Mr Pfeifer's wanted poster drove a motorcycle into the lot.

A policeman searching the area found the man inside the store. He called for backup, but found he had to "urgently use the restroom", and the suspect fled when he was inside.

Officers found him again within hours at a house he had rented.

Earlier, Pol Gen Wut Liptapanlop, deputy national police chief, had asked police across the country to track down Mr Pfeifer on the arrest warrant issued by the Czech court.

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