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This is the moment a fugitive Brit is wrestled to the ground after being caught in Thailand's notorious Sin City.

Luke Michael Timmins, 28, from Plymouth, Devon, served half of a 40 month sentence for drugs offences but then failed to follow his release terms.

Police began hunting Timmins in September 2017 before he emerged in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, in January this year.

The National Crime Agency co-operated with Thai police who pounced on Timmins at his home last Thursday (15/08).

The shirtless thug was wrestled to the ground in front of his Thai girlfriend Patchraporn Mesri, 26, who was wearing an orange Hooters jacket.

Officers searched the home and found five bags of cocaine weighing 4.82 grams. The couples then tested positive for the drug.

A second Brit also wanted for the fleeing the UK, Daniel Hilton Wood, 28, was arrested at the same time at a nearby Buddhist temple as part of the same operation.

Officer allege that after fleeing to Thailand, the pair worked together selling cocaine and methamphetamine to revellers in the seedy red light district.