{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/669ad3d4fc4972011b8d1577/67450cab507c8fc4120ee6b2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Always Cheat & Always Win: Episode 419","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://uktruecrime.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uktruecrime.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support me at Patreon:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><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></p>","author_name":"Always True Crime"}