A cocaine smuggler who, imported £78,000 worth of the drug hidden inside bars of Ecuadorian chocolate, has been jailed for six years and eight months.
Ciaran Etuk, 20, (pictured) of Dewey Road, Islington, North London was arrested after a dramatic rooftop chase when police raided his home.
He pleaded guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court to the importation of the class A drugs on or before October 15, last year.
Etuk was arrested when police discovered the package containing cocaine (pictured) had been addressed to his house.
He tried to evade capture by climbing out of a first floor window and ran across several roofs, hiding in a neighbours loft until police found him.
Police Sergeant Derek Wright, from the Proactive Crime Unit in Islington, said: “This case demonstrates the lengths that criminals will go to import drugs, but we continue to be a step ahead.
“Etuk's conviction and the seizure of a considerable quantity of cocaine have undoubtedly disrupted a criminal network's ability to operate and has prevented these drugs from causing harm to the community in Islington."
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