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Louis James Edwards Biography
Who is Louis James Edwards ?
A British drug lord dubbed one of the UK’s most wanted men has been arrested in Benidorm after a Spanish police raid.
Suspect Louis James Edwards, 44, was arrested by Civil Guard agents at a hotel in Benidorm on June 21.
Arrested and Charged
In a second raid, another suspect, the Dutch citizen Cornelis Korfet, 35, was arrested a day later in the vicinity of L’Alfàs del Pi.
An official video of the arrest of Korfet, who has a shaved head, shows him trying to run away for a coffee while he is having breakfast 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.
When he arrived handcuffed at the police station, the police found him some sports shoes and he is seen locked in a cell.
Edwards is listed as one of Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted Criminals.
He is believed to have led a criminal network that distributed cocaine throughout the south of 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.
Statement
A statement from the Civil Guard states: “Although the first investigations to locate this person were activated in the province of Malaga, the track 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).
Investigation
After close surveillance of this family group, the investigation focused on a hotel in Benidorm (Alicante), where L. J. E. was located and detained.
He 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 found that this same person had already been arrested on three occasions under different identities, none of them real, the the first two in said province and the third in Barcelona.
Once an intense surveillance of the fugitive’s criminal environment was 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 June 22, having just arrived from Barcelona .
The Guardia Civil 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.
Quick and Facts
- 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
