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True Okee episode 3: The Okeechobee Eight

Posted Monday, July 19, 2021 5:20 pm

By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News

It's the 1980's and the War on Drugs is in full swing. With the DEA zeroed in on Miami as a key port for the massive amount of cocaine coming into the country, smugglers begin looking for areas in South Florida with less heat. And the rural pastures around Lake Okeechobee become a enticing landing spot.