Colombian drug boss Pablo Escobar's nephew found $ 18 million in cash hidden inside the wall of his deceased uncle.

Nicolas Escobar claims a "ghost" has told him exactly where the money was found inside the apartment in the city of Medellin where he lives.

"Every time I sit in the living room and look out of the parking lot, I see a man enter the house and disappear," Nicolas told the Colombian TV show "Red + Noticias".

He also found a yellow pen, satellite phones, typewriter, and an unscrambled scroll of film in the wall.

Nicolas, who has lived here for 5 years, said this is not the first time he has found cash in the shelter of his uncle, a drug lord.

Escobar spent decades opposing the Colombian government's order to extradite the US and was eventually killed in a 1993 police gunfight.

The drug lord formed a gang in Medellin in the late 1970s and by the 1980s had 80% of the market share of cocaine sold in America.

Although it is impossible to verify the wealth of Escobar, it is estimated that he owns a fortune of up to $ 30 billion.

Escobar, also nicknamed "El Patron", was arrested in 1991 and held in a specially designed prison called Cathederal, where he was able to select a fellow inmate and continue to run his line.

Officials estimate his gang was behind more than 5,000 homicides between 1989 and 1993.

The story of Escobar attracted more than 60 million people watching the "Narcos" series about this drug lord on Netflix.