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Hunt on for 'British Pablo Escobar' after 300kg cocaine bust in banana shipment

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Police are hunting for a man dubbed the 'British Pablo Escobar' after four others were arrested over a mammoth 300kg cocaine bust.

Armed police raided a fortified rental villa in Thessaloniki, Greece last Thursday (June 9), arresting the men from Liverpool and London aged 38, 45, 48, and 52.

The Hellenic Police are now after a fifth British man who they say is overseas. The arrests came after 300kg of cocaine was found stashed inside a shipment of bananas, identified in the Italian port of Calabria before being seized in Thessaloniki.The gang are also allegedly linked to another major cocaine bust, according to police, which saw 654kg intercepted on a ship in Calabria in April, reports the Liverpool ECHO.

According to Greek media, the men appeared in court this week for a pre-trial hearing but "remained silent". Under Greek privacy laws their identities have not been released.

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