A man who went to one of England's best schools and had trials for Aston Villa morphed into a 'drug lord' at the head of a £120million international smuggling operation.
Jonathan Arnold was arrested after around £118m worth of cocaine hidden in bananas, and bound for the UK from Colombia, was discovered by police in the Netherlands, Birmingham Live reports.
The 30-year-old, who is the son of an ex-deputy police and crime commissioner, was said by police to have used his furniture removal firm was used as a front for his drugs empire.
A judge sentenced him to 23 and a half years in prison for his leading role in the drugs gang. Arnold's path towards crime was unusual, from a position of privilege and wealth as a child. Join our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. He attended Repton Public School in Derbyshire, one of the best and most prestigious schools in the country which charges more than £10,000 a term.