Inside America's LARGEST Pot Trafficking Gang: How Florida Fishermen Became #1 Most Wanted Cartel

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This is the story of the Saltwater Cowboys; a group of backwoods hippies that became the largest pot smugglers in American History and changed the course of trafficking in not only South Florida, but the entire United States. The surviving members tell us how the operation began and the massive federal takedown that landed them in prison, plus the aftermath of everything once it was done. This is a glimpse into a piece of American History as well as the people involved and how they changed their lives after being one of the most clandestine criminal organizations ever. Go Support Tim and Craig! Tim's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Saltwater-Cowboy-Rise-Marijuana-Empire/dp/1250051282 Tim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/originalsaltwatercowboy/?hl=en Tim's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southwestfloridaoutlaw/ Craig's Boat Tours: https://www.captaincraigsadventures.com/ This Episode Is #Sponsored By BlueChew! Visit https://bluechew.com/ and try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code MITCHELL at checkout, just pay $5 shipping! Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.0	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.0	They think they're better than us.
0:08.0	Who do you think you are?
0:10.0	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:12.0	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.0	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.0	I hung out with the biggest pot smugglers in American history, literally.
0:25.6	And I'll give you a hint.
0:26.7	They were not from a Mexican cartel.
0:34.6	Well, my family were already used to happen to coach an outlaw, you know.
0:39.3	And then all of a sudden they realized that these new rangers that they pulled in down there, they couldn't run these islands.
0:45.3	So they said, we're bringing the marijuana in.
0:48.3	And so then it became a way of life.
0:50.3	This went on for nearly over 40 years and three generations and nobody had a clue.
0:56.0	And that's the phenomenon in itself.
0:58.0	To have an entire town of people remaining silent.
1:02.0	We did 55 tons one night just to see if we could do it.
1:05.0	It wasn't about the money anymore. It was just about getting the work done.
1:09.0	If you don't hear it from me or somebody that actually grew up here,
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