About this episode

The episode explores the case of two elderly American women who were implicated in a major drug smuggling operation in Australia in 1978.

In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were these women truly drug smugglers or naive puppets in an elaborate plot masterminded by someone else?

Topics covered

• drug smuggling
• 1970s
• Australia
• crime
• tourism
• naivety
• conspiracy

Keywords

• drug grannies
• illicit drugs
• campervan
• narcotics
• smugglers
• 1978
• Australia
• tourists
• conspiracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: narcotics agents

Places: Australia

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