It was the heady days of the late 1970\'s and marijuana smuggling from Colombia to South Florida was at its pinnacle.
Known affectionately as Pegleg, Joe Pegg had grown his empire into a 50 boat armada with hundreds of e.
Through the early to mid 1970\'s, there had been an evolution of smuggling organizations from Donald Steinberg to Black Tuna to "Big Ed" Hindelang to Joe Pegg.
Lauderdale was the prime entry point for the smugglers.
The War on Drugs was in its infancy and Port Everglades in Ft.
It was the heady days of the late 1970\'s and marijuana smuggling from Colombia to South Florida was at its pinnacle