<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><br><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><br><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><br><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><br><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><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
