The most unlikely drug runners you’ve probably never heard of
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
There’s stories that get under the skin of people, especially journalists. And this story you’re going to hear about is unbelievable. And most of us have probably never heard about it. Enter author Sandi Logan, a former journalist and diplomat who followed the case of two older American women Vera 'Toddie' Hays and Florice 'Beezie' Bessire - who were arrested in Australia in the 1970s for having almost 2 TONNES of hashish concealed in a camper van. He’s written a book called Betrayed: The incredible untold inside story of the two most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history that is the definitive story of this case.
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here and listen to her podcast Killer Content here.
Guest: Sandi Logan, author of Betrayed: The incredible untold inside story of the two most unlikely drug-running grannies in Australian history published by Hachette
Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks
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| 1:23.0 | The information we've received is a little sketchy, but this is what we can tell you, |
| 1:28.0 | that the Customs Department has made the biggest ever hall of hashish in Australian history. Now we understand that 1.9 |
| 1:36.4 | tons and that's an awful lot of hash has been found in a Camper van, a Mercedes-Benz Camper van, |
| 1:41.1 | which is at present in the possession of the Customs Department at their Marine |
| 1:44.2 | Center in Neutral Bay. |
| 1:45.9 | Their stories that get under the skin of people, especially journalists. |
| 1:55.0 | And this story you're going to hear about is unbelievable. |
| 1:58.0 | And most of us have probably never heard about it. |
| 2:01.0 | I know I hadn't. Enter author Sandy Logan, a former |
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