Alberto Beltran, the Colombian sports doctor known as the "king of doping", has been arrested in his homeland, police reported on Thursday.
Beltran was wanted in Spain, where he holds joint nationality, for narcotics trafficking and according to Colombia's national police the doctor was the head of a distribution network for high performance athletes - especially cyclists.
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