UK True Crime Podcast

Always Cheat & Always Win: Episode 419

Roderick McLean said it was important to 'always cheat: always win'. A larger than life character, McLean, known as 'Popeye', was sent to prison when police and customs officers captured a gang of eight drug smugglers off the Caithness coast. During the raid customs officer Alastair Souter was killed when he fell and was crushed between a customs cutter and the gang's boat. The drugs haul netted three tons of cannabis, valued at £10 million. McLean, the gang leader, was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison. But there is so much more than this to the story - not everything is quite as it seems. Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:<a href="https://uktruecrime.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uktruecrime.com</a> Support me at Patreon:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime</a> Sources<a href="https://www.uktruecrime.com/2024/11/25/always-cheat-always-win/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.uktruecrime.com/2024/11/25/always-cheat-always-win/</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The weekly UK True Crime Podcast, hosted by Adam, is the home of UK True Crime. With a brand new episode every Tuesday since 2016, it is where you discover a wide variety of lesser known UK cases and find new perspectives and insight on stories you may already know. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.