Pablo Escobar

A British tourist, who snorted cocaine off Pablo Escobar's grave, has been jailed for trying to smuggle the Class A drug into the UK.

"I just thought it would be a laugh," he said at the time. He said: "It goes without saying, but it seemingly needs to be said, sheer greed led you to profit from selling an insidious Class A drug without a thought or a care about the misery or danger being inflicted on others. The notorious footage was shared across social media at the time.

Steven Semmens along with four other cocaine conspirators have been sentenced to a total of more than 52 years in prison at Swansea Crown Court | ITV News ...

"I would urge the public to contact us with any information they have. They will serve up to half those periods in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. The court heard shortly after this incident Semmens left Colombia "never to return". The video of him emptying a bag of white powder on the grave and then rolling up a $5 note subsequently went viral. I was drunk at the time...I've been bombarded with threats that I'm going to get skinned alive." He said the defendant had not been working for a Class A drug crime group and had been working in a "quasi-self-employed capacity" for which he was paid on a commission basis and at the same time had still been working for his family's glazing business. Semmens and White had also admitted to conspiracy to import cocaine. And then my friend said: 'Sniff cocaine off it' and bet me £200 I wouldn't do it on Facebook Live." The court heard how the men were involved in trafficking large quantities of cocaine into south Wales. The barrister described his client as "naïve" and as a "fantasist" inhabiting a Walter Mitty world of a "lifestyle he sometimes thinks he has". He said Botto had been operating as a one-man-band from his unit in Brynhyfryd and now realised he had ruined the lives of his partner and her daughter and wished he had not returned to his old ways as a way out of his financial difficulties. Semmens said the incident and the notoriety which follow had made it "awkward" to get a job and he added: "I just thought it would be a laugh, I didn't think it would go this far...

A British tourist who promised never to return to Colombia after snorting cocaine from the grave of Pablo Escobar has been jailed.

He said: "It goes without saying, but it seemingly needs to be said, sheer greed led you to profit from selling an insidious Class A drug without a thought or a care about the misery or danger being inflicted on others. To put it in short form - you were in it for the money and you must pay the consequences for your avarice". The court heard the men were often shipping the drug from areas where there was plenty of supply to areas where the supply was more limited and demand was higher in order to increase their profits. The group were sentenced to a total of more than 52 years in jail for peddling the Class A drug. Speaking during his trial at Swansea Crown Court, his lawyer said Semmens snorting cocaine off the grave had come to the attention of Escobar’s "criminal confederates" and they were "not pleased" about the footage. He said: "I was drinking with a friend and they said: 'Do you want to go and see the grave?'

Steven Semmens has been jailed along with drug smuggling gang members four years after his infamous cocaine video.

[Steven Semmens](https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-brit-who-snorted-cocaine-off-pablo-escobars-grave-gets-death-threats-20181230), 39, vowed to never return to Colombia after he angered cartels with his shocking actions which were filmed and shared via Facebook Live. He said: "I was drinking with a friend and they said: 'Do you want to go and see the grave?' The infamous footage - which was shared in 2018 - shows Semmens kneeling by Escobar's grave with the white powder, after he was dared to do so 'for a laugh'.

A British man who was filmed snorting cocaine on the grave of infamous mobster Pablo Escobar has been jailed for trafficking drugs.

The cocaine had a total street value in the UK of between £2m and £2.5m (€2.25m and €2.82m) Botto previously pleaded guilty to a separate conspiracy, committed with others unknown, to supply cocaine. He then bends down to snort the substance before telling the camera: “I’m Gordon Ramsey mate.”