Man dubbed "The Professor," accused leader of world's largest "narco sailboat" crime ring, is captured in Colombia

A Norwegian man dubbed "The Profesor" who is accused of leading a crime ring that trafficked cocaine from South America to Europe on sailboats was captured in Bogota, Colombian police said Tuesday.

Pazooki Farhad was detained at El Dorado airport, while his alleged right-hand man and fellow Norwegian Bernsten Bjarte was captured in the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla, a police statement said.

"According to investigations by various international agencies, the captured citizen (Pazooki Farhad) had criminal links with the so-called Clan del Golfo (the largest Colombian cartel) and Mexican cartels such as Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion," police said.