Colombian police believe the men were acting as agents for the Irish Mafia in their dealings with the Clan Del Golfo, the world's top producers and distributors of cocaine, View 3 Images Colombian police raid a house in Medellín and detain two British men (Image: Policia Colombia)

A man from Liverpool has been arrested in South America as part of a probe into the supply of class A drugs and firearms. The National Crime Agency (NCA) confirmed that 41-year-old Liam O'Brien, formerly of Leyfield Road in West Derby, was one of two Brits arrested in Colombia.

O'Brien and Robert Taylor, 54, from Exeter Road in Wallsend, were arrested at a property in Medellín, Colombia's second largest city infamous for being a stronghold for narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar , on Wednesday. The pair

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