You've heard of cocaine, you might have seen some, you may have even tried it and you've probably seen the Netflix series Narcos about Colombia's most notorious drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, now you can listen to what it was really like fighting the war on the Colombian Cocaine Cartels.
In this episode we sit down with Martin Young, former international security liaison officer of the UK's NCA (National Crime Agency), who spent 4.5 years in Colombia advising Military and Police on tactics and covert operations on the war against the drug trade that has caused havoc over many years in Colombia.
Find out how a young lad from a council estate in Sunderland ended up in being in Bogota, Colombia involved in the largest drug haul in a single Police operation, 13.4 tonnes of cocaine.
Head over to our Instagram page to see photos of Martin's time in Colombia, link below:
