Colombia arrests alleged ‘invisible’ cocaine trafficker wanted in the UK

Colombia has captured the suspected British drug trafficker who allegedly became the Colombian Clan del Golfo cartel’s co-ordinator for trafficking cocaine to the United Kingdom, according to police. (Colombian National Police Press Office via AP)

Colombia arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they described as “invisible” due to his low-key lifestyle, which allowed him to remain anonymous while allegedly operating as a cartel’s co-ordinator of cocaine trafficking from the South American country to the United Kingdom, authorities said on Friday.

Christopher Neil was arrested on Thursday in the north-west city of Medellin in an operation by local law enforcement and Interpol.