Drug lord dubbed 'Escobar of Essex' jailed after bungling £20,000,000 deal

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This middle-aged Essex man with ties to Colombian cartels was jailed for 16 years after fumbling several international cocaine shipments.

A drug lord nicknamed the ‘Escobar of Essex’ has been jailed for 16 years after bungling a £20,000,000 cocaine deal and sending the narcotics to the wrong country by mistake.

They revealed the narco baron, originally from Clapham, Essex, had been attempting to salvage a 30kg shipment bound for Germany which arrived in South Africa by mistake. It was later seized in 2020. The money from the deal was supposed to be split between Parkhill and a number of ‘Colombian Groups’,Parkhill’s arrest came in 2021 when he was scooped by authorities at Heathrow Airport. He had just returned to the UK after a trip to Colombia- the home of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar.

During an appearance at Isleworth Crown Court, the duo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine as well as admitting to a ‘string of other offences’.

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