239: Part 1: He Ran Drugs Across America — Then Flipped on Everyone | True Crime Interview
Game of Crimes
Game of Crimes
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
sophisticated, multi-state criminal operation. Ben Freedland stayed ahead of law
enforcement by constantly reinventing his methods: "I always changed my
methods of transport to stay ahead of law enforcement." He was connected,
calculated, and relentless — until the day everything changed.
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| 0:00.0 | It's a very weird segue into how I became a drug trafficker. |
| 0:05.5 | Became a music festival food vendor at music festivals across the country selling |
| 0:09.4 | young Thai coconuts with a shot of rum. |
| 0:12.7 | I would sell between 1,500 and 2,000 coconut drinks at an event and I'd walk away with |
| 0:18.4 | $20,000 to $25,000 per event in two to three days. |
| 0:21.8 | But when the events were finished in the early fall, I had a lot of cash in 2009 and I had |
| 0:29.8 | nothing to do. |
| 0:30.6 | But I had met a bunch of people on the East Coast that needed what I could give them on the |
| 0:34.5 | West Coast. |
| 0:35.3 | And that's how I turned into a drug trafficker. |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Steve Murphy, DEA Special Agent Retired and now host of the Game of Crime Spots needed what I could give them on the West Coast. And that's how I turned into a drug trafficker. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Steve Murphy, DEA Special Agent Retired and now host of the Game of Crimes podcast. |
| 0:48.3 | If you've seen the Netflix series Narcos, then you know my story. I now bring you stories of heroism and bravery from our law enforcement and military heroes and occasionally from the criminals that they faced. |
| 0:56.3 | Welcome to Game of Crimes. |
| 1:10.4 | Hey, guys, welcome to to this week's edition, |
| 1:12.8 | The Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning. |
| 1:15.0 | Appreciate you coming back every week. |
| 1:16.7 | This week, we got another great guest. |
| 1:19.1 | Before we get into that, if you're listening to this and you haven't seen us on YouTube yet, |
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