They needed $1,800 in rubber bands monthly to wrap money

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Good yarn about how the Colombian cocaine business began under Pablo Escobar.

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Amazing story of how Pablo Escobar came to be the richest crook in history

Mar 16 2009 By Annie Brown

THE brother of the infamous Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar has revealed the ingenious smuggling methods he used to flood America with cocaine.

Roberto, who was to become known as his brother's "accountant", said Pablo's Medellin drug cartel was making so much cash, it spent £1200 a month on rubber bands just to hold the wads of dollar bills together.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2009/03/16/amazing-story-of-how-pablo-escobar-came-to-be-the-richest-crook-in-history-86908-21201734/