A man has been arrested in Thailand on suspicion of having unprotected sex with men and women while knowingly having HIV, and on suspicion of having sex with a minor.

Zdenek Pfeifer, 49, from Bohemia, Czech Republic, was caught after a huge manhunt by Thai police who found him living in Phuket. Pfeifer was on the run after an Interpol release was issued on behalf of Czech authorities who were searching for him.

He is wanted over accusations that he knowingly passed on the sexually transmitted disease to both men and women in his home country. Pfeifer also allegedly had sex with a minor. One minor alleges he paid him for sex and filmed a pornographic movie of them together.

The Czech national faces charges of battery, sexual abuse, spreading disease and distributing pornography, a police spokesman said. If found guilty of his alleged crimes he could get 12 years in prison. He was found after a local spotted him in a supermarket and called police.