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A Drug Smuggling Operation Gone (Almost) Terribly Wrong

Courtesy of Nick Morrison
Nick Morrison still hangs out in jungle-y places but no longer smuggles marijuana.

This story originally aired on January 13, 2018.  

Back in the 1970s, before Nick Morrison was a KNKX staffer, some friends asked him if he would help them smuggle a few bricks of marijuana across the border from Mexico. He said, sure.

What came next? In the beginning, normal drug smuggling stuff. A rambler with secret compartments, a jungle, a mango orchard, an operation that seemed to be going great. But in the end? A single terrifying moment that made Morrison regret his decision - and change his ways.

Gabriel Spitzer is a former KNKX reporter, producer and host who covered science and health and worked on the show Sound Effect.