Chinese fugitive found living in a cave after 17 years on the run

Chinese police have arrested a fugitive Song Jiang who had been on the run for 17 years, after they used drones to spot his cave hideout.

The 63-year old, named Song Jiang by the police, had been jailed for trafficking women and children but escaped from a prison camp in 2002.

Yongshan police disclosed it received information about his whereabout through a social media account in early September.

He had been living in a tiny cave behind Huis hometown in Yunnan province in south west China cut off from human interaction for years.

Police said the man had been living in seclusion for so long that it was difficult for him to communicate with the officers.

State media said song had used plastic bottles to get drinking water from a river, and branches of trees to make fire.

He has been sent back to jail.