CLEVELAND, Ohio — Authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspected drug dealer and money launderer accused of eluding arrest with the help of two men who prosecutors say posed as royalty from the United Arab Emirates to scam people.

Kelvin Bedell, 42, was arrested Tuesday after he was indicted in 2023 in federal court in Cleveland on charges of dealing cocaine and laundering drug money. No attorneys are listed in court records for Bedell.

Bedell sold cocaine in 2020, according to the indictment, and he laundered drug proceeds from April 2020 to February 2021 to make payments on cars.

Authorities say he hid for a time in a Bratenahl mansion rented by brothers Zubair and Muzzammil Al Zubair. The duo is accused of posing as royalty to scam people out of some $10 million.

Prosecutors also say t

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