It's the late 1970s, and Barry Seale, a former commercial airline pilot, is at the front

line of a booming international drug smuggling network.

Everything is going to plan until it isn't.

My name is John Cuban, and each week, Noyser Podcasts will delve deep inside the world

of organized crime, and take you undercover with the men and women tasked with capturing

criminal masterminds.

We take you to the front line of some of history's most infamous DEA missions.

These guys are the real deal, and this is Real Narcos.

On December 15, 1979, Barry Seale gets into real hot water.

He's halfway through a job, on a stopover to refuel in the Central American country of

Honduras, and someone's tipped off the cops.

Seale waits on the runway, under guard, while they search his plane.

They don't find any coke, but they do find an M1 rifle.

It's enough to send him down for a seven-month stretch.

Jail's and Honduras are not pleasant places.

But even here, at his lowest deb, Seale is the kind of guy who can turn a desperate situation

to his advantage.

He's got a knack for finding people that can help him out.

In July 1980, Seale gets out of jail and is flown back to the United States.

The later claim it's on this flight, where he meets a man called Roger Reeves.

Reeves is the dark-haired guy with thick, bushy sideburns.

He has a pension for wide-brimmed hats and tailored three-piece suits.

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