The Most Successful Cocaine Smuggler In The US - Masterminds - Air America - Rik Luytjes Documentary

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Published 2018-11-20
Masterminds tells real crime stories about amazing deceptions that brilliant criminals use to pull off seemingly impossible crimes. This new half-hour series combines the mystery of a "whodunit" with the thrill of a "howdunit," revealing the extraordinary world of elite bank robbers, escape artists, impersonators, kidnappers, murderers and frauds.

In the early 1980’s, Rik Luytjes gained two sterling reputations. One was as an upstanding businessman and pillar of the community in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The other was as the most successful cocaine smuggler in US history.

All Comments (21)
  • @KumaBean
    The most sucsessful coke smuggler in history is the one we've never heard of.
  • @mikelynch7271
    “The Most successful Coke smuggler in US History “.... please everyone knows the CIA / DEA are by far the most successful Drug smugglers ever
  • @shalomccs
    The pilots from the 80s that quit smuggling and stayed living in South America and nobody knows about it are the real mastermind, because they knew when to stop.
  • @07Hawkeye
    the real best smuggler is probably just sitting back and laughing at this video the whole time
  • @terrywilson1813
    The cops always say they want drug smugglers for hurting families but the first question they ask them when they're brought into custody is "where's all the cash?"
  • @GoodTrace
    The most successful drugs dealer ever is the United States government.
  • @blake102989
    The amount of people in the comments that know who the real smugglers are make me so proud of We The People...
  • @luisgarza7999
    The C.I.A is the greatest cocaine smuggling agency there is
  • @nepttune710
    And finally with every department's cooperated efforts, drugs were effectively wiped off the streets. Oh wait....
  • @TheBeingReal
    The “War on drugs” is one of the most epic fails ever.
  • @phillarnach9484
    I think we can take most of this yarn with a grain of salt. A standard Cessna 310 max fuel capacity was 105 US gallons, its maximum take off weight was 5500 lbs for the C310R, the last and most improved in the line.. Claiming this guy increased fuel capacity to 6000 us gallons is ludicrous, that is 36,000+lbsit never would have got off the ground.
  • @MrRudy-vk7xx
    When the FEDs found a cheaper pilot, they busted him.
  • A one man operation would still be in business today. Greed and lust for power ends in defeat.
  • @jaymiami5813
    I would give this guy a big hug and a kiss on the forehead what a legend
  • Masterminds was a great show. Loved the vibe of the show. They need to bring it back.
  • @Serenity17
    The CIA with barry seal are number 1 by far
  • @410kane
    I'm impressed by the smugglers that built diy submarines. They were backyard engineers
  • @jbvap
    Boy I haven’t thought about the show “masterminds” in years and years. It was one of my favorites.