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The Drug Grannies | Too Old to Run | 01

Podcast: ABC Rewind
Published: Feb 28, 2026
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Summary

In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were these women truly drug smugglers or naive puppets in an elaborate plot masterminded by someone else?