A 52-year-old northern man was arrested in Tak province on Monday, 14 years after fleeing arrest for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Lamphun province in 2005.
Police arrested Pongchaipat Pichaichuang, a native of Doi Saket district in Chiang Mai province, at a house in Moo 1 village of tambon Pradang in Wang Chao district of Tak.
He was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the provincial court of Lamphun in 2005 for trespass and the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Lamphun province in the same year.
After 14 years on the run, police learned that he was hiding at the house of a relative. He was asleep when police moved in and arrested him.
Police also found a vehicle that Mr Pongchaipat allegedly stole in Uttaradit in 2011. The provincial court of Uttaradit issued a warrant for his arrest for vehicle theft.