Drug kingpin arrested in UK after wife posted lavish vacation photos online, giving away his location – IOTW Report

Drug kingpin arrested in UK after wife posted lavish vacation photos online, giving away his location

NY Post

A highly sought-after drug kingpin was captured when officials tracked his wife’s social media account and pinpointed his location during their lavish European vacation.

Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, 43, was arrested at a London airport in December after he was accused of shipping cocaine from Limón, Costa Rica to the US, Nicaragua’s La Prensa reported.

Grijabla, who goes by his alias “Shock,” was wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration for several months for his alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, said Randall Zúñiga the director of Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ). more here

9 Comments on Drug kingpin arrested in UK after wife posted lavish vacation photos online, giving away his location

  1. Criminals are criminals, not because they are smart. Just like the inmates in a prison taking selfies of themselves smoking weed and flashing wads of cash and posting them on social media. Both of which – surprise surprise – are not allowed in prison

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  2. it’s always the chick that blows these guys up. buddy of mine was in the NYPD/DEA task force back in the 90’s and said all his intel came from ex-girlfriends. this took place in upper manhatan-washington heights. one tip netted him 310 kilos of coke and the next one was 275 kilos

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