I was researching Columbian drug lord Carlos Lehder and kind of went down a rabbit hole that led me to Atlantic City and NASCAR driver Martin Truex.
A big smuggling case in 1988 involving Americans in South Florida stemming from Lehder involved Leroy Truex smuggling 100,000 pounds of mj. He was convicted and did prison time. So I research Truex deeper and see he owns a marina in AC and there was another story about him being the only jersey guy to get New York commercial clam fishing quotas. The story hints at impropriety but ultimately said nothing illegal happened to get those. Further digging showed he’s either the grandfather or uncle of Nascar’s Martin Truex Jr (there were 2 Leroy Truex’s. Not sure which one was the smuggler).
At this point I’m figuring the smuggling Truex had to be aligned at least loosely with Scarfo. He’s probably the biggest grass dealer in AC during the Scarfo/Leonetti heyday and he’s getting suspicious (maybe) contract commercial fishing quotasout of New York. No way he wasn’t kicking up.
