Real Cops, a Fake Raid, 3 Drownings: How the Miami River Cops Were Caught
In July 1985, three men drowned in the Miami River during what looked like a drug deal gone wrong. Then a night watchman said the men who stormed the boat yard were police officers.
The Miami River Cops, a group of officers nicknamed the Enterprise, shook down motorists, then went after boatloads of cocaine. In one night at Jones Boat Yard, they took between 350 and 400 kilos worth about $10 million, and three smugglers drowned trying to escape.
This episode traces how the FBI and local investigators caught them: a covert sting, a first trial that ended in a mistrial, an officer who turned…
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