BBC podcast explores British cocaine trafficker who smuggled drugs at Cork Harbour

Brian Brendon Wright. Picture: HM Customs and Excise/PA Wire

An investigation into Brian Brendan Wright – the racehorse owner who became one of Britain's most notorious cocaine traffickers in the 1990s – which began with a fishing boat at Cork Harbour, is set to feature in BBC’s hit podcast, Gangster.

The BBC announced this week that Radio 5 Live's podcast Gangster will return with a new series launching on BBC Sounds on Friday, August 7, and will dive into the story of ‘the Milkman’ – Brian Brendan Wright. For the first time, the officers who spent 11 years hunting the racehorse owner and racing regular will tell the story of how he was finally brought to justice.