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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