Chinese police have nabbed 409 fugitives hiding overseas as part of its "Fox Hunt 2016" campaign, including 15 listed in an Interpol red notice, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said.

The campaign has seen the arrest of 272 fugitives and 137 others have been persuaded to return from 61 countries and regions, according to the MPS.

The MPS has sent 33 work groups overseas and they have managed to capture fugitives in Madagascar, Thailand, Peru, the Philippines, Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and Spain, among others.

Of the 409 fugitives, 38 are implicated in duty-related crimes, and 14 in smuggling crimes. Thirty-three of them were at large for more than five years, including 12 for over 10 years, the MPS said.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2016)