Ralph Riegel

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552 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Sep

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The Indo Daily · 'The Milkman': How an Irish 'gentleman gangster' built a global drugs empire – and how it all came crashing down · 24 Aug 2026 podcast

And it proved a clear link to how the South American cartels were getting the cocaine from Colombia, the foothills of the Andes Mountains, through the jungles. matched

And two isolated ports and marinas around Venezuela. matched

Of course, the Caribbean is one of the world's great yachting centers, literally less than half a day's sail from the coast of Venezuela. matched

So it's very easy to slip boats in, take on a cargo of cocaine, and then slip back into the major yachting and sailing channels. matched

And as we'll learn, the next matched

The network was so clever that they had a very, very experienced South African yachtsman who knew exactly the routes to take and how to try and avoid suspicion. matched

Yeah, he's he's a a a fascinating character, and he was really the person at the center of this whole web of drug smuggling. matched

The mobile phone was traced to an individual who was known to police to be a very close associate of Brian Brendan Wright. matched

Now, he was born in 1947 in Ireland. matched

He had very close links to Cork and to Dublin, but as a youngster, matched

He moved with his family to London. matched

And it was in London that he first came in contact with criminal elements. matched

Now, Wright is a very interesting character. matched

There was a BBC podcast called Gangster done on this whole issue. matched

And several of the police that were involved in the operation to bring down Wright's network were interviewed. matched

And one of the things that they point out was that. matched

He was an incredibly intelligent man. matched

He was very courageous in standing up to other gangsters, for instance, when he was a very young man and he was involved in a bit of a a turf war in London with a very, very feared gang run by the Adams family. matched

And he actually stood his ground. matched

There was a row about a property. matched

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