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Anns an dàrna pàirt den t-sreath eucoir iongantach seo, tha an neach-naidheachd Anna NicLeòid an tòir air ‘Operation Klondyke’ an iomairt phoileis is chusbainn a bu chosgail na latha.

Tha obair dhoirbh aig na Cusbainn a’ cumail sùil air a’ chùis faire ann am baile beag Ulapul. Bha an t-àite air buannachd mhòr fhaighinn às na bàtaichean giiullachd, no na Klondykers, a bha stèidhichte ann an Loch Bhraoin, ach nuair a sguir iad a thighinn, dh’fhàg sin bèarn cosnaidh a bha Julian Chisholm ro dheònach a lìonadh tro smugladh dhrogaichean.

A dh’aindheoin ’s gun robh oigifearan cusbainn na rìoghachd fiosraichte mu Chisholm, bha na dòighean faire aige fhèin agus leis gun robh a dhachaigh ann an ceann a deas na Spainn am measg comann eucoireach Breatannach, ga dhèanamh doirbh dhaibh a leantainn. Agus nuair a thill an fheadhainn san sgioba aige a bhuineadh do dh’Ulapul le gnùis grèine greis às dèidh a dhol à sealladh, bha na Cusbainn an dùil gu robh an iomairt seachad.

Journalist Anna MacLeod is on the trail of Operation Klondyke, the most expensive police and customs operation at the time.

Customs have a tough job conducting surveillance in the small town of Ullapool. The town had enjoyed a boom when the factory ships, known as the Klondykes, were based in Loch Broom but their departure left an employment vacuum which drug smuggler Julian Chisholm was only too happy to fill.

Despite British Customs officers being on to Chisholm, his counter surveillance techniques and the fact that he lived in the south of Spain among Britain’s criminal fraternity made it difficult for officials to track him. When the Ullapool members of his gang went missing and came back with sun tans, Customs thought the game was up.

In Gaelic with English subtitles