A Mafia boss who was declared wanted by the police has been arrested by the police after he became born-again and got baptised.

42-yr-old Antonio Montella was caught after his baptismal video ended up on YouTube.

Reports say the video showed Montella being baptised by immersion in an evangelical church.

Daily Mail says the Mafia boss was taken into the sea off the Italian coast of Pinetamare, an area on the border between the provinces of Naples and Caserta, and dunked under the water by the priest.

But when police saw the video posted online by the pastor, they were able to identify the region, and the pastor, and from there were able to quickly capture Montella by finding out from other parishioners where he was staying in the commune of Villaricca near Naples.

It was gathered that Montella had gone on the run after he was sentenced to jail for drug trafficking.

But a church member Adelmo Iadanza who knew Montella said: 'He seemed like a nice man, I am sure there must have been a mistake. He kept himself very much to himself, but was always in church at the weekend.'

Police said he would remain in custody before being sent back to the capital Rome to start his five-year jail term that had been suspended while he was on the run.