Two Russians wanted overseas for drug offences have been arrested in Thailand after hiding in Krabi and Phuket provinces for nearly two years. Pol Lt Gen Suchart Theerasawat, an assistant police chief in charge of transna- tional crime, said Roman Ledenev, 33, and Alexander Bukharev, 42, were arrested in Phuket on Friday. He said the two entered Thailand on tourist visas. They are wanted under war- rants from Interpol and Russian police on drug charges. With the cooperation of Interpol and Russia, Pol Gen Wuthi Liptapanlop, the deputy police chief for foreign affairs, ordered Thai Interpol officers, special branch, immigration and tourist police to look for the suspects. A joint investigation led to their arrest on Friday. He said the Russians would undergo legal proceedings at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, pending repatriation.