2. Brian Charrington – British Drug Smuggling Kingpin
British drug lord, Brian Charrington, became well known for his bold and brazen business style. Always a colorful figure, Charrington was a used car dealer at one time. During the 1990s, he was simultaneously working as police informant as he ran an extensive drug importation business with the help of corrupt officers.
Dubbed one of Europe’s ten most wanted by the press, he managed to weasel out of convictions in four high-profile trials. He did serve time in Germany for cocaine smuggling in 2003 but was back in Spain in 2006. In 2007, a Spanish court found him not guilty of a plot to import marijuana.
Charrington’s lifestyle was the stuff that legends are made of, including reputedly keeping crocodiles in the pool of his Spanish villa. He was nabbed by authorities in Spain in August 2016 on the suspicion of drug trafficking as well as murdering a rival in the biz. Brian was arrested along with son Ray at the upscale yacht club where they were members.
Spanish police found more than 200 kilos of coke at his properties, and authorities seized a fleet of luxury cars along with more than $500,000 in cash.
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