Secrets Of A Caribbean DRUG SMUGGLER: How A Florida Fisherman Imported TONS Of Colombian Cocaine

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

True Crime

4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Former drug trafficker Jason Votrobek shares his wild journey from moving ounces as a teenager to smuggling 100-kilo shipments of cocaine and running a multi-million-dollar Oxycontin empire in South Florida. From working with Mexican and Colombian cartels to near-death encounters, undercover drops, high-seas smuggling tactics, and ultimately getting busted and serving time in prison—Jason breaks down the game like no one else. His story is raw, unfiltered, and packed with real-life lessons from inside the drug world. Go Follow Jason! TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@UC8RSJB1iwlO4gSVOape_oiw IG: https://www.instagram.com/8upjay/ All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/jasonvotrobek?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=84999dcc-6e96-46b1-b23e-b044cf791660 Help our brother Matyas overcome a difficult time and donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/qnpshd-matyas-retten-hws-cci-behandlung This Episode Is #Sponsored By The Following Download the Ava app today, and when you join use promo code CONNECT to get your first month FREE! 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.
0:04.7	A brand new drama based on the bestselling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.8	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.1	My first plug was this Mexican guy that lived next door to my brother. All I did was just get an eight ball from them. I want to say within the first month, I'm already pushing ounces. I didn't know I went to school with a Colombian cartel family. He says, I can get it on any ship you want out of this country. Anyway, it's up to you to get it off. I said, I got that.
0:38.0	Jason Votrbek grew up as a good old boy off of the coast of Vero Beach, Florida. He fell into
0:43.2	the cocaine trade right out of high school. And by the time he was 19 years old, he was moving
0:47.8	multi-kilo shipments in association with Mexican cartel groups based out of Texas. But after a series of grizzly murders,
0:55.3	Jason lost that connect and turned to a more old school, unlikely source for his cocaine,
1:00.5	Columbia. After much trial and air, Jason and his crew figured out how to smuggle in 100-kilo
1:06.0	shipments inside of private fishing vessels from Freeport Bahamas right into the coast of eastern Florida.
1:12.3	Jason is a student of the drug trade. I've never heard anyone articulate drug trafficking,
1:16.7	drug smuggling, and the intricacies of a cat and mouse game that they play with law enforcement
1:21.3	every day better than him. Make sure to check out his TikTok where he breaks down his journey
1:26.0	clip by clip. It's one of my favorite
1:27.9	accounts. After making untold millions of dollars, Jason did the remarkable thing and retired
1:33.5	from the drug game. But his Odyssey doesn't end there. He went on to become one of the biggest
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