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believed him, though; he must have had some stashed away somewhere. You can't buy 4.2 tonnes of cocaine and be stupid enough to leave all your money lying under your mattress for the police to find it.

When we used to drink together, Barbachoca was always relaxed, but I wasn't. His parties were very civilised, so I tried not to get too drunk or to sniff too much coke. Barbachoca was extremely disciplined; he never lost control and he liked everyone to leave before midnight so that he could get a good night's sleep. I tried to leave before that time so that he wouldn't have to ask me to. He also had an ensuite on the second floor of his apartment, but I always went downstairs to the public toilets out of respect. I didn't want to stink his bathroom out. What if the toilet hadn't flushed properly? How would you explain that to a guy who owned his own aeroplane with four million grams of cocaine in it?