'Britain's most wanted cocaine baron' is arrested in Benidorm after police raided his hotel
- Suspect Louis Edwards, 44, was arrested by Civil Guard officers on June 21
- He allegedly led a network that distributed cocaine all over southern England
- In a second raid, another suspect - Dutch national Cornelis Korfet - was seized
A British drugs baron dubbed one of the most wanted men in the UK has been seized in Benidorm after a Spanish police raid.
Suspect Louis James Edwards, 44, was arrested by Civil Guard officers at a Benidorm hotel on June 21.
In a second raid, another suspect - Dutch national Cornelis Korfet, 35 - was seized in nearby L'Alfàs del Pi a day later.
An official video of shaven-headed Korfet's arrest shows him trying to flee through a café while he is breakfasting with friends.
Edwards - in a second video - is shown being led barefoot through a Benidorm square by two officers in shorts and a T-shirt.
Suspect Louis James Edwards, 44, was arrested by Civil Guard officers at a Benidorm hotel on June 21
Edwards is listed as one of Crimestoppers' most wanted criminals
By the time he has arrived at the police station in handcuffs, police have found him some trainers and he is seen being locked into a cell.
Edwards is listed as one of Crimestoppers' most wanted criminals.
He is believed to have led a criminal network that distributed cocaine all over southern England.
Korfet is wanted for attempted murder by Dutch police, who say he carried out a revenge shooting in a gang war, seriously injuring two victims.
A Civil Guard statement said: 'Although the first investigations for the location of this person were activated in the province of Malaga, the trail followed by the agents took them to the province of Alicante, where they had important indications of the presence of the fugitive, further reinforced by having knowledge of the imminent transfer of relatives of the fugitive to that province, the latter thanks to the close collaboration of the Civil Guard with the British NCA (National Crime Agency).
In a video, Edwards is shown being led barefoot through a Benidorm square by two officers in shorts and a T-shirt
He is believed to have led a criminal network that distributed cocaine all over southern England
In a second raid, another suspect - Dutch national Cornelis Korfet, 35 - was seized in nearby L'Alfàs del Pi a day later
'After close surveillance of this family group, the investigation focused on a hotel in Benidorm (Alicante), where L. J. E. was located and arrested.'
It continued: 'The rapid collaboration between the Dutch police and the Civil Guard made it possible to locate this person in the province of Alicante, where it was confirmed that this same person had already been arrested on three occasions with different identities, none of them real, the first two in said province and the third in Barcelona.
'Once an intense surveillance on the criminal environment of the fugitive had been established, it was found that he was already using a fourth false identity, and he was located and arrested in the Alicante municipality of L'Alfas del Pi on 22nd June, having recently arrived from Barcelona.'
The Civil Guard did not provide any information about the men's possible extradition to the UK and the Netherlands or how many years they face in jail if convicted.
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