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In the 1980s, Derrick Edward Walpole was a mastermind behind one of the UK's most notorious drug smuggling operations. After being caught with tons of marijuana at Heathrow Airport, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. But while on furlough, Walpole made a daring escape, fleeing to the United States under the alias Charles William O'Connor.
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