A Canadian schoolteacher accused of sexually abusing over a dozen boys was arrested Friday in rural Thailand after an unprecedented public appeal from Interpol had turned him into the world's most wanted suspected pedophile.
The suspect, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil, had been hiding in the town of a Thai friend who arranged some of his alleged sexual liaisons with boys, police said.
"Bingo! We've got him," police Maj. Gen. Wimol Powintara told The Associated Press.
Neil was driven from the province of Nakhon Ratchasima to the national police headquarters in Bangkok, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) away.
Handcuffed, with a blue shirt draped over his head, Neil made no comment to reporters as officers led him into the headquarters, where a news conference was scheduled later in the day.
He declined to give details of the arrest, saying a news conference would be held in Bangkok later in the day.
Shortly before the arrest, Wimol said police had rushed to the northeastern province Thursday night after receiving credible information that Neil had fled there. Residents said they had spotted the Canadian near the home of the Thai friend, Wimol said.
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