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globe. Its hot weather and golden beaches attract millions of tourists every year, and itâs perhaps not so surprising that cocaine dealers can make a huge annual âsalaryâ providing cocaine to some of the regionâs rich, famous and wealthy visitors.
CHAPTER 7
TONY
Ex-public schoolboy Tony, originally from Hampshire, England, is proud of his job as a coke dealer on Barbados, even though heâd get at least ten years in prison if caught by the police. Tonyâs lived in Barbados for more than twenty years. He says he prefers the island to his native England. He boasts how cocaine has provided him with a sizeable income since he arrived penniless in the Caribbean and spent the first three months sleeping on the floor of a friendâs apartment on the less fashionable east coast of the island.
âI originally came here with aspirations to work in the hotel trade. Yawn yawn, eh?â says Tony. âI soon realised there were more hotels than road signs here and decided I needed a more exciting career with better money. Cocaine dealing made perfect sense. There are a lot of rich and famous people here who need my services.
âI first got into it when I did a temporary job as a hotelbarman in a well-known upmarket resort. A few of my friends on the island did coke at the time and this rich customer asked me outright when I was serving at the bar if I could get him some. I didnât say yes and I didnât say no but I got on the phone to my flatmate and he gave me a dealerâs number and within half an hour Iâd made a tidy $100 profit out of the deal, which was more than I would have earned for two dayâs work in that hotel.â
Tony goes on: âA few days later this same guy rang me again and said he wanted another eight ball [three and a third grams] that afternoon. I rang the same dealer and made another $100 and told my one and only customer that I was looking to expand my business and would appreciate any recommendations.
âWell, I soon had a dozen of his friends on the phone to me putting in orders. I did a biggish deal with the dealer I knew but was very careful not to say I was dealing myself, as I knew that would piss him off.
âWhat I really needed was to find a new supplier who would sell to me wholesale but I knew that the dealer I was using at that time was supplying top quality coke and that was why this guy and all his friends wanted my product.
âI was lucky. I went back to the dealer and we agreed a bulk deal, which meant we both made a good mark-up. I knew I had to keep those early customers happy so they would spread the word.â
Tonyâs next lucky break came when he got a call from the personal assistant of one of Hollywoodâs most powerful movieexecutives, who happened to own a villa on the island. âThis guy was A-List and his PA had heard about me from that first guy who originally bought off me in that hotel. His PA was completely paranoid about her boss being exposed, so I had to meet her in a local bar to pick up the cash for his order. Normally I donât need cash in advance but she offered it so I agreed to a meeting to hand over the cash.
âWell, I nearly fell off my chair when I looked inside a large envelope she passed me and realised it contained $20,000. This was serious stuff. So off I went, organised the coke and then met her back in the same bar and handed her back the same envelope with the coke inside it.â
Tony believes that part of his success in the early days was down to his posh English accent. âBack then people out here trusted an English voice more than they do today!â
Tonyâs VIP movie mogul customer soon began ordering $20,000 worth of coke from him every time he was on the island. âI was expected to drop everything whenever I got a call from his PA but for that sort of money I was more than happy!â
Over the following ten years, Tony reckons he ended up
CHAPTER 7
TONY
Ex-public schoolboy Tony, originally from Hampshire, England, is proud of his job as a coke dealer on Barbados, even though heâd get at least ten years in prison if caught by the police. Tonyâs lived in Barbados for more than twenty years. He says he prefers the island to his native England. He boasts how cocaine has provided him with a sizeable income since he arrived penniless in the Caribbean and spent the first three months sleeping on the floor of a friendâs apartment on the less fashionable east coast of the island.
âI originally came here with aspirations to work in the hotel trade. Yawn yawn, eh?â says Tony. âI soon realised there were more hotels than road signs here and decided I needed a more exciting career with better money. Cocaine dealing made perfect sense. There are a lot of rich and famous people here who need my services.
âI first got into it when I did a temporary job as a hotelbarman in a well-known upmarket resort. A few of my friends on the island did coke at the time and this rich customer asked me outright when I was serving at the bar if I could get him some. I didnât say yes and I didnât say no but I got on the phone to my flatmate and he gave me a dealerâs number and within half an hour Iâd made a tidy $100 profit out of the deal, which was more than I would have earned for two dayâs work in that hotel.â
Tony goes on: âA few days later this same guy rang me again and said he wanted another eight ball [three and a third grams] that afternoon. I rang the same dealer and made another $100 and told my one and only customer that I was looking to expand my business and would appreciate any recommendations.
âWell, I soon had a dozen of his friends on the phone to me putting in orders. I did a biggish deal with the dealer I knew but was very careful not to say I was dealing myself, as I knew that would piss him off.
âWhat I really needed was to find a new supplier who would sell to me wholesale but I knew that the dealer I was using at that time was supplying top quality coke and that was why this guy and all his friends wanted my product.
âI was lucky. I went back to the dealer and we agreed a bulk deal, which meant we both made a good mark-up. I knew I had to keep those early customers happy so they would spread the word.â
Tonyâs next lucky break came when he got a call from the personal assistant of one of Hollywoodâs most powerful movieexecutives, who happened to own a villa on the island. âThis guy was A-List and his PA had heard about me from that first guy who originally bought off me in that hotel. His PA was completely paranoid about her boss being exposed, so I had to meet her in a local bar to pick up the cash for his order. Normally I donât need cash in advance but she offered it so I agreed to a meeting to hand over the cash.
âWell, I nearly fell off my chair when I looked inside a large envelope she passed me and realised it contained $20,000. This was serious stuff. So off I went, organised the coke and then met her back in the same bar and handed her back the same envelope with the coke inside it.â
Tony believes that part of his success in the early days was down to his posh English accent. âBack then people out here trusted an English voice more than they do today!â
Tonyâs VIP movie mogul customer soon began ordering $20,000 worth of coke from him every time he was on the island. âI was expected to drop everything whenever I got a call from his PA but for that sort of money I was more than happy!â
Over the following ten years, Tony reckons he ended up
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