Barry Philip Foster, a former Brookside actor, is arrested in Spain on an international warrant. The man, 51, is detained in Torrevieja, a town south of Alicante, according to the outlet covering the case.

The arrest follows a period in which Foster is listed by UK authorities as a wanted person, with reporting indicating he has been on Britain’s most-wanted list for about a year. The claims focus on allegations that he ran a network of fake modelling agencies. Details of the alleged operations, charges, and the stage of proceedings are not provided in the available extracts.

With only one outlet supplied here, there are no clear differences in emphasis or new specifics across sources. The reporting nevertheless frames the Spanish arrest as part of an international effort to take him into custody in relation to the alleged scam network in the UK.