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The 1970s UAE Coast Guard That Smuggled Everything

The 1970s UAE Coast Guard That Smuggled Everything

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In the early 1970s, the newly-formed UAE faced an impossible contradiction: its coast guard was supposed to stop smuggling, but its boats were often the ones carrying the contraband. This episode follows the chaotic formation of the UAE Coast Guard under Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid, the corruption that ran through its ranks, and the unlikely hero—an Irish mercenary named Tom O'Leary—who tried to clean it up. We trace the smuggling routes from Iran's Bandar Abbas through the creek at Ras Al Khaimah, the gold ships that refueled at Dubai's Port Rashid, and the 1973 decision to arm the coast guard with fast Italian patrol boats. Along the way, we meet the dhows that carried everything from cigarettes to automatic weapons, and the British officers who turned a blind eye. It's a story of how a young federation's first institution was also its most compromised, and how the line between enforcer and smuggler blurred in the early days of the UAE. #UAECoastGuard #Smuggling #TomOLeary #SheikhZayed #SheikhRashid #BandarAbbas #RasAlKhaimah #PortRashid #GoldSmuggling #ItalianPatrolBoats #Dhow #1970s #MiddleEastHistory #UAEHistory #TrucialCoast #BritishOfficers #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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