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Police in Thailand have arrested an elderly Canadian man who media reports say was part of a secret cabal of foreign pedophiles who preyed on young teenage boys in the resort city of Pattaya.

Eddy Walsh, 71, was busted for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old boy. He has denied the charge.

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It wasn’t immediately known where Walsh is from in Canada, but sources told Tnews that the pensioner hung around a group of European retirees who engaged in sexually molesting children.

One of the men was allegedly a condo manager.

Walsh was arrested outside the hotel Yen Sabai Mansion in central Pattaya. A warrant for his arrest had been issued Tuesday.

The alleged victim’s mother said her son was taken to a room in the hotel and molested as a video camera recorded.

Cops say that inside the third-floor room they discovered a treasure trove of “obscene videos.” They also seized a phone, tablet, computer notebook and some clothes.

Investigators plan to test the DNA related to the boy at the centre of the molestation of a child under 15 charge.

Walsh was interviewed in the presence of a Canadian Embassy staff member.