Accused "invisible" cocaine trafficker from U.K. captured in Colombia after years on the run

Colombia arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they described as "invisible" due to his low-key lifestyle that allowed him to remain anonymous while operating as a cartel's coordinator of cocaine trafficking from the South American country to the United Kingdom, authorities said Friday.

Christopher Neil was arrested Thursday in the northwestern city of Medellin in an operation by local law enforcement and Interpol. They accused Neil of working for Colombia's Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan) cartel.

Colombian authorities have coined the term "invisible drug traffickers" to describe those who operate discreetly, maintaining ordinary, low-profile lives that contrast with the eccentricity of the country's drug lords in the 1980s and 1990s.