Construction workers demolishing a Miami mansion that once belonged to notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar have found a giant safe hidden in the building's foundation.

Officials have scanned it with a metal detector but have so far been unable to get inside.

Safe found at demolished home of drug lord Pablo Escobar @MiamiHerald @sncandido pic.twitter.com/fjoPwSi9Wk — CM Guerrero (@CMGMIA) January 25, 2016

The pink mansion, now owned by a restaurateur and a TV journalist, is being removed to make way for a more modern building. It was confiscated by the U.S. government in 1987 and sold at auction. The current owners purchased it in 2014.

#DEVELOPING: A safe has been discovered outside drug kingpin #PabloEscobar's former home in Miami Beach https://t.co/40tpJXhVX3 — WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) January 25, 2016

Christian de Berdouare, who founded Chicken Kitchen, was seen sitting atop the safe at the property on Monday, a giant smile on his face.

A happy Christian de Berdouare sits on top of a safe found at Pablo Escobar's old mansion @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/tSpzh4gruo — CM Guerrero (@CMGMIA) January 25, 2016

The white safe was discovered at the site sometime last week, and marks the third exciting find at the property for the couple.

Workers previously found a mysterious package containing a white paste (hmm...) and another safe, which was 10 inches wide and 18 inches in length. It was stolen, however, before anyone could determine what was inside.

De Berdouare "está convencido" que el paquete es cocaína aunque las pruebas dijeron otra cosa. Foto de @CMGMIA pic.twitter.com/EpRa4zWYSB — Sergio N. Cándido (@sncandido) January 19, 2016

"It was in the ground under some marble and was discovered by some of our workers, but before we even had a chance to remove it, it was stolen, so we've been working with police on that," Jennifer Valoppi, who co-owns the property with her husband, said in an interview with the BBC.

Escobar was known to have squirreled away much of his funds and drugs during the years he spent on the lam, as much of it couldn't be kept in banks or laundered. He died in a shootout in Medellin in 1993.

De Berdouare, the owner, believes the Miami house was used "to conduct illicit trade," and he's therefore happy to see it torn down.

“We’re demolishing the house of the devil,” he told the Miami Herald. "Pablo Escobar was one of the biggest murderers and criminals in the world."