Colombian drug baron tried to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine into the UK

A south American drug baron who smuggled cocaine worth £42m into the UK on a small boat was jailed for 13-and-a-half years today (mon). Didier Tordecilla Reyes, 40, kept in close contact with Colombian drug cartels and flew over to the UK to set up the deal via Spain under the pretence of looking for work in London. He stayed overnight at a pub in Lelly, East Yorkshire, after booking in with fake name in May last year. Reyes and…