( CNN ) -- The head of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel has been captured , Mexican federal police announced . Carlos Beltran Leyva , 40 , was arrested Wednesday in the northwest city of Culiacan after showing a fake driver 's license with the alias `` Carlos Gamez , '' which authorities knew to look for , police said Saturday in a statement . He later admitted to his identity . Police also found at least two guns , several cartridges , cell phones and other items during the arrest . It came just two weeks after the drug boss ' brother , Arturo Beltran Leyva -- known as `` El Barbas '' or `` The Bearded One '' -- was killed in a shootout in Cuernavaca , outside Mexico City .
Carlos Beltran Leyva arrested after showing fake driver 's license . Arrest comes two weeks after brother , Arturo Beltran Leyva , was killed .