Chinese police have repatriated an American fugitive to the United States, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department announced Friday.

Chinese police handed over escaped robber Ferguson Naquan to U.S. police at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport early Friday morning, the department said in a statement.

Ferguson Naquan was involved in the armed robbery of a jewelry shop in Connecticut in September 2011. He was arrested in June 2013 by the U.S. police and pleaded guilty.

He was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison with nine and half years on probation. He fled bail in October 2014. In May 2015, Interpol issued a red notice for his arrest.

It is believed that Ferguson escaped to Guangzhou in February this year.

U.S. law enforcement agencies made a request to Chinese police to investigate. Chinese police immediately started an investigation and made the arrest, the statement said.

Chinese police have carried out cooperation with police authorities in other countries, the statement said. The U.S. side repatriated two fugitives in June and August to China this year.

China has zero-tolerance for cross-border crime and is ready to carry out international cooperation, it said.