# The British Safe Blower Hired To KILL Pablo Escobar | Dave Tomkins

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Podcast: [Terry Stone Connection](https://stenobird.com/podcast/terry-stone-connection-6614044)
Published: 2026-05-22T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-crimnal-connection-podcast/episodes/the-british-safe-blower-hired-to-kill-pablo-escobar-dave-tom
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## Resource

Dave Tomkins lived a life that sounds like it was written for a crime film. Known as The Great Safe Blower , Dave was a flamboyant British criminal from Basingstoke whose reputation in the underworld took him far beyond safes, vaults and robberies. Thanks to our Sponsors: Bradburys Group: https://bradburysgroup.com/our-divisions/private-client-security-investigations-and-risk-management-support/ Wayne Diggins: https://waynediggins.exp.uk.com In this episode of The Terry Stone Connection , Dave sits down with Terry to talk about his extraordinary life, from his early days as a safe blower, to becoming connected with serious underworld figures, to ending up on the battlefields of Angola as a mercenary fighting communist-backed guerrillas. And then there’s the story that sounds almost impossible to believe… Dave Tomkins claims he was hired to kill Pablo Escobar . This is a wild journey through crime, danger, war, survival and the kind of old-school underworld stories you simply don’t hear anymore. Raw, outrageous and unbelievable, this is the Dave Tomkins story. Watch now and let us know in the comments: is this one of the craziest lives we’ve ever had on the podcast? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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