He’s an American-born light aircraft pilot from Florida who has flown hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of coke from special pick-up points in the Caribbean to the US mainland, usually in nondescript twin-engined Cessna aircraft. Chris refers to the murders, the close shaves and the network of gangs behind the smuggling rings and how he’s survived them all with remarkable casualness. He claims he’s never had a snort of coke in his life and has no intention of ever doing so. Chris also says he once ‘helped’ America’s Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in exchange for immunity from prosecution but they then cut him loose because of the US’s obsession with prioritising terrorism. Chris vividly describes the remote landing strips he’s used in the past and how even in ‘honest’ America, crooked policemen, politicians and farmers play a vital role in making sure cocaine gets onto the streets of every town and city. ‘My favourite time to fly is just before dawn, when I can speed down the runway without headlights and then simply disappear into the sky,’ says Chris.
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