Thai and French police said today that Andre Cabau was arrested Friday on charges of having entered Thailand with a fake French passport.
French police attache Catherine Occhini described him as "a big fish." She said he will be deported to continue serving a seven-year sentence in France on drug trafficking charges.
Cabau was convicted in 2007 and released on early parole but fled to Thailand.
Thai police said in a statement that Cabau's network smuggled drugs from around Europe into France. It added that they "copied the famous movies "Fast and Furious," where they used high-speed cars to transport the drugs.