Description: Helena Star : An Epic Adventure Through the Murky Underworld of International Drug Smuggling, Paperback by Stewart, Riley, ISBN 1944297820, ISBN-13 9781944297824, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This is the epic tale of the motor vessel Helena Star. On April 17, 1978, the . Coast Guard seized the aging freighter 140 miles off Washington State's coast with its hold loaded with 37 tons of marijuana'the west coast's largest pot bust'worth an estimated street value of $74 million. Drug agents later seized the sleek Joli, a 61-foot sailboat, for its suspected role in the case. A past winner of the prestigious Victoria to Maui sailboat race, the Joli had been purchased from William Niemi, Jr., former president of Eddie Bauer, by champion freestyle skier Mike Lund. The attorney for the captain of the Helena Star provides an insider's unvarnished account of the case from the trenches. The freighter and the conspirators involved were in the news from its seizure in 1978 to its death by sinking in 2013. This drug bust and the ensuing events comprise a true saga about the inner workings of a Colombian-American drug cartel, smuggling on a massive scale, money laundering, the capture of fugitives in Bolivia, suspicious deaths, the lives of high-profile individuals, and courtroom battles in Seattle and San Francisco.
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Book Title: Helena Star : an Epic Adventure Through the Murky Underworld of International Drug Smuggling
Number of Pages: 230 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Reed Publishers, Robert D.
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Organized Crime
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: True Crime, History
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Stewart Patrick Riley
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
