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George Jung Biography

George Jung

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Date of Birth: 1942 , August-6
Birth Nation: United States

Quick Timeline of George Jung

1942 George Jung Born on 1942
1961 Graduated from Weymouth High School
1967 Started smuggling since 1967
1974 Sent to prison in 1974
1986 George got married in 1986

Detail Timeline of George Jung

August 6 , 1942

George Jung Born on 1942

George Jacob Jung was born on August 6, 1942. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised by father  Frederick and mother  Ermine in Weymouth. Jacob, who used to love drugs like marijuana since his school days became world known drug trafficker and smuggler.

1961

Graduated from Weymouth High School

 

George Jung graduated from Weymouth High School in 1961 and went to the University of Southern Missippi for his higher education. There he joined for a degree in advertising but instead of completeing  his studies he started using Marijuana.

1967

Started smuggling since 1967

 It was the year of 1967 when Jung realized the huge profit in smuggling the cannabis. He then, along with his childhood friend, started drug trafficking. He even used his girlfriend to transport the drugs. He used to load the drugs in her suitcase on flights and transport it. 

1974

Sent to prison in 1974

In the search for more profit, in 1974, George decided to use camper car to transport larger amounts of marijuana to New England. He got arrested executing his plans and was sentenced to prison for smuggling  660 pounds of cannabis. 

1986

George got married in 1986

George got married with a Colombian girl named, Mirtha in 1986. They have a daughter named, Kristina  Jung. George got arrested from his home in the following year after Mirtha gave birth a baby daughter. Gorge was sentenced 10 years imprison, however, he was able to skip and flew out of the country.

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George Jung was specialized in the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia. His life story was portrayed in the biopic Blow as well. This smuggler was arrested numbers of time by the police and had spent nearly 20 years in the jail in charge of drug smuggling. Later on, Jung was involved in the fiction movie "Heavy", where he contributed how he manage to escape from a  prison.

He executed numbers of illegal operations in his youth and was charged with long term imprisonment. George is believed to have earned a lot of money from many small and big drug deals and is one of the infamous American drug dealers of all time. Jung got married with a Colombian girl named, Mirtha and has a daughter named, Kristina Jung.