An Albanian drug dealer who had a large poster of Scarface on the wall of his flat has been jailed as part of a gang which sold more than £1 million of cocaine.
The discovery occurred early on Saturday morning when authorities from St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office in LaPlace, Louisiana approximately 30 miles west of New Orleans began an investigation at the LaPlace home. “About 77 kilos of cocaine with a street value of about $2 million were confiscated.” It is unclear where the suspect in the case was at the time of the police investigation, but authorities confirmed that a 54-year-old man was arrested early on Monday morning in regards to the cocaine discovered at the property.
Ecuador was once called an island of peace in a region plagued by instability, but in recent years the country has become a hub for international drug traffickers, who have joined forces with local street gangs and unleashed a wave of violence unlike anything in its history.