Man who nicknamed himself after Pablo Escobar sees criminal empire unravels in minutes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cocaine dealer who named himself after Pablo Escobar saw his lucrative criminal empire come crashing down in minutes. Macauley Dove lived up to his self-styled king of cocaine image by calling himself "Macauley Pablo Dove".
But one police raid soon saw his criminal profits unravel - and he is now facing years in jail. Police raided his partner's three-bedroom home on July 6 last year, where officers a knuckleduster, an air rifle and an axe as well as stashes of high-purity cocaine designed to be mixed to increase his cash profits.
Hull Live reports that an air rifle and a hand axe were seized. Dove, 26, was arrested and admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply and possessing a knuckleduster as an offensive weapon.
Stephen Robinson, prosecuting at Hull Crown Court, said that an upstairs bedroom was searched and a bag of 21g of high-purity 86 per cent cocaine, valued at £1,670, was found.
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