Inside bloody legacy of Brinks-Mat heist – and how stolen gold bankrolled drug lord Pablo Escobar and UK’s ecstasy boom
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March 22, 2023
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Inside bloody legacy of Brinks-Mat heist – and how stolen gold bankrolled drug lord Pablo Escobar and UK’s ecstasy boom,HIT TV drama The Gold had viewers riveted with the retelling of the infamous Brinks-Mat robbery, in 1983, and the desperate scramble to find the £26milllion of stolen bullion before it disappeared …
Inside bloody legacy of Brinks-Mat heist – and how stolen gold bankrolled drug lord Pablo Escobar and UK’s ecstasy boom
HIT TV drama The Gold had viewers riveted with the retelling of the infamous Brinks-Mat robbery, in 1983, and the desperate scramble to find the £26m
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