Drug baron jailed for bribing corrupt cop

  A drug baron once cleared of planning to flood the streets with £39m worth of cocaine has been jailed for three years for bribing a corrupt officer in a bid to derail his trial. Andrew Pritchard, 51, was accused of involvement in the importation of 498 kilos of pure cocaine after cargos of the drug were intercepted at Tilbury Docks, Essex, in 2004. Customs officers seized the haul which was hidden inside a consignment of coconuts from Guyana, South…