Two British fugitives wanted by Interpol for robbery and fraud were arrested on a Thailand's White Lotus island.
Kieren Daniel Farrer Thornton, 38, and Ashton Kevin Saunders, 37, were detained in two separate raids on Koh Samui in southern Thailand on May 24.
The pair, who are reportedly cousins from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, were said to have been hiding in the country for more than 10 years to escape jail in the UK. They were arrested following co-ordination between the Thai immigration bureau and the UK's National Crime Agency.
Police in the UK had arrested Kieren over robbery at a pier before he fled. He will be extradited to England to face legal action, officials said.
Ashton, who also goes by 'Ben Ash', was reportedly convicted of fraud in the UK and sentenced to prison but fled the country before serving his sentence.
