Gansu police have caught a man suspected of raping more than 20 women and girls and handed him over to authorities in Hebei Province, where the crimes happened, the New Express Daily reported today.

Police arrested suspect Jiang Yongsheng on November 11 as they checked vehicles driving through the highway toll station in Yongdeng County.

The 41-year-old suspect was involved in more than 20 rapes in Xingtai City of Hebei in recent years, police allege.

Xiangtai police targeted Jiang after conducting DNA tests and he was then listed as one of the country's most wanted suspect by the Ministry of Public Security, the report said.

On November 8, Xingtai police were tipped off that the suspect had fled the city for Gansu to avoid a citywide manhunt.

Gansu police then waited for Jiang at the toll station after hearing that he may head to Lanzhou City from Dunhuang City on November 10, the report said.

Jiang will face trial in Hebei, the report said.

(Shanghai Daily November 19, 2007)