Colombia has arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they described as “invisible” due to his low-key lifestyle that allowed him to remain anonymous while he acted as a coordinator of cocaine trafficking from the South American country to the United Kingdom, shared the authorities on Friday.
Christopher Neil was arrested in the northwestern city of Medellin on Thursday in an operation by local law enforcement and Interpol. They accused Neil of working for Colombia Golf Clan poster.
Colombian authorities have coined the term “invisible drug traffickers” to describe those who operate discreetly and lead ordinary, low-profile lives that contrast with the eccentricity of the country’s drug lords in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Colombian National Police said Neil had been living in Colombia since December 2018. The agency said he was wanted in the United Kingdom, where he faces human trafficking and money laundering charges.
Police said they followed a car driving through Medellin before arresting Neil. They said a multi-million dollar transaction between the United Kingdom and Colombia played a key role in the suspect’s arrest.
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It was not immediately clear Friday whether Neil had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
The arrest came just weeks after Italian police announced it Arrested in Colombia a dangerous fugitive accused of being the intermediary between the drug cartels of the Latin American country and the Naples mafia. In announcing his arrest, Italian police said published a photo of Belvedere visits the grave of Pablo Escobar, the founder and boss of the Medellín Cartel, who was killed by police in 1993.
At the beginning of the year a Norwegian dubbed “The Professor” who is accused of leading a crime ring that smuggled cocaine from South America to Europe on sailboats captured in Colombia. Police said Pazooki Farhad, like Neil, had criminal links with the Gulf clan.
In 2022 the Golf Clan Dozens of cities closed for four days in northern Colombia in response to its leader extradited to the USA for trial. It warned that anyone who did not comply with the stay-at-home order risked being shot or having their vehicle set on fire.
