Fugitive thief gets caught as he travels to Milan to support his national team at Olympics

A Slovak fugitive thief was arrested in Milan after checking into accommodation near the city to watch his national ice hockey team compete at the Winter Olympics, Euronews writes, referring to Italian police.

The 44-year-old man was wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Bolzano court in 2010.

Police tracked the man down on Wednesday morning after receiving an automatic alert from accommodation in the Baggio district on the outskirts of Milan when he checked in.

He was arrested at a campsite on Via Ajraghi and did not resist arrest, according to Italian media reports.

The fugitive told authorities he had travelled to Milan to support Slovakia’s hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. He was taken to San Vittore prison to serve a remaining sentence of 11 months and seven days for property crimes.