Cocaine: Drug kingpin found guilty of smuggling £132m-worth into Britain disguised as ink

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A line of cocaine with a British bank note (don’t worry, it’s actually baking powder) – (Photo by Colin Davis on Unsplash) A drug kingpin who smuggled and helped to distribute £132m-worth of a Class A...

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