229: Part 1: AJ Collazo – Wild stories, undercover dangers, & truth about America’s drug war

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this gripping and surprisingly hilarious episode of Game of Crimes, Murph sits down with AJ Collazo, a veteran law enforcement officer whose 38-year career includes 24 years with the DEA during some of the most dangerous years of America’s drug war.

AJ takes listeners inside the real world of policing—from outrageous Florida criminal stories that will make you laugh out loud, to the deadly serious rise of Colombian heroin trafficking in the 1990s. He shares what it was really like working undercover, the risks agents take that never make the headlines, and how interagency cooperation became a key weapon against powerful drug organizations.

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0:00.0	All I had to do was sit in this hotel room with this girl, right?
0:04.3	And we were waiting for a bad guy to show up to drop off some money.
0:07.6	That was it.
0:08.4	They needed two agents in some rooms.
0:10.8	And she was sitting there in this bed, and she had two pillows in front of her.
0:16.9	And she was sitting there like a statue.
0:18.6	My job was welcome the guy in the room,
0:22.3	see the bag, receive the bag of money,
0:23.0	and let the guy go.
0:24.9	And they needed a Latin guy to do it.
0:26.1	Obviously, I fit the roll.
0:27.8	It's funny is when she lifts up the pillow,
0:28.6	she had a shotgun.
0:32.9	And everybody said she knew how to use truly, truly appreciate you guys. If you haven't checked us out on YouTube yet, go over there, go to the search bar, type in Game of Crimes podcast, hit the search, hit the like button, the subscribe button, list of some episodes, and send me your comments.
1:05.2	But I truly do appreciate you coming back every week.
1:07.9	And just like every week, I've gotten another stud on here with us today,
1:11.7	a really close personal friend of mine that I've known forever. He's not as old as I am,
1:18.3	but we've known each other a long time. I've got a 38-year career in law enforcement.
1:25.4	His last 24 years with DEA, And he's actually continuing on into a law
1:31.0	enforcement career in retirement, but not where he's out making cases anymore. He's actually
1:36.5	leading an organization. We're going to get into all that today. But ladies and gentlemen,
1:40.0	please join me and welcome AJ Koyazzo. AJ Brother, welcome to Game of Crimes.
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