A man wanted over a mammoth cocaine bust which saw men from Liverpool arrested in Greece has been described as the 'British Pablo Escobar'.
Four British men, described as aged 38, 45, 48, and 52, from Liverpool and London, were arrested at a fortified rental villa in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki last Thursday (June 9) after a dramatic raid by armed police. The Hellenic Police said a fifth British man is also wanted, but is believed to be overseas.
They were arrested over the seizure of 300kg of cocaine stashed in a shipment of bananas, which had been identified in the Italian port of Calabria before being seized in Thessaloniki. Police say the gang are also allegedly linked to a previous haul of 654kg of cocaine destined for Thessaloniki, which was intercepted on a ship in Calabria in April.
