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Andrew Pritchard was arrested for smuggling $130 million dollars worth of cocaine through the Caribbean to Europe using shipping containers in the 1990s and 2000s. Pritchard initially smuggled cocaine for the UK club scene using hard-sided suitcases packed with concealed drugs and decoy luggage to evade airport security. He then began smuggling from Guyana to the Caribbean to the UK, shipping in containers packed with legal goods such as fruit. In 2004, he went to meet a shipment of cocaine disguised as counterfeit cigars, which was seized by a Customs task force. Following two trials and 18 months on remand, Pritchard was acquitted. In 2013, he was arrested in a dramatic high-speed chase and later sentenced to 15 years for intent to supply and perverting the course of justice. He served his sentence in Belmarsh prison in the UK. Pritchard has published two biographies: "Urban Smuggler" in 2008 and "Empire of Dirt" in 2026. He runs an ex-offender charity, the AP Foundation, to discourage young people in the UK from crime. For more: https://apfoundation.org.uk/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Dirt-Identity-Corruption-Redemption/dp/1919372601/?tag=70050d8-20 Read "After he was arrested in connection with over $130 million worth of cocaine-packed coconuts, he swore he was done with crime. It didn't last": https://bit.ly/3NRCcR6 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - The Network 03:54 - The Suppliers 06:01 - The Containers 11:12 - Clearing Customs 13:00 - The Distribution 14:26 - The Money 16:10 - The Violence 18:11 - The Purity 19:31 - The Planes 22:58 - The Backstory 25:13 - Weed Smuggling 28:57 - The Music 31:08 - The Fall 37:13 - The Trial 42:25 - The Aftermath 44:50 - The Future 49:38 - The Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #cocainetrafficking #drugsmugglers #howcrimeworks MORE HOW CRIME WORKS VIDEOS: How Outlaw Biker Gangs (The Mongols) Actually Work https://youtu.be/_eCFNet6VLA How Corrupt NYPD Cops Actually Work https://youtu.be/pzKmnBJajMY How Hit Men Actually Work https://youtu.be/AhlCxiCLe7I Insider's mission is to inform and inspire. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com/ Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insider Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insider Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisinsider Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/2708030621 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider How Drug Trafficking on Cargo Ships Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider