One of the notable cases closing out December 2022 saw a British man and four others were handed down drug trafficking sentences by the Swansea Crown Court. A name that might sound familiar is Steven Semmens, a trafficker who was filmed snorting coke off the headstone of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in 2018. British Man Who Snorted Coke Off of Pablo Escobar’s Headstone in 2018 Sentenced for Trafficking Coke Between the South Wales and South AmericaOn the video—which came up in court—Semmens said he snorted cocaine as part of a bet. Semmens and co-conspirator Shane White were heading up that plan. Steven Semmens pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine–as did Shane White.

Source: The Star January 05, 2023 23:22 UTC