About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "The Story of The Milkman: 6. The Catch" from Gangster: True Crime Podcast on Britain's Most Wanted Man covers the final capture of Brian Brendan Wright, the fugitive known as The Milkman. A coded phone call made from a public payphone in Spain alerts HM Customs and Excise that Wright is no longer hiding successfully. Surveillance work confirms his location on the Costa del Sol, and an international warrant leads directly to his arrest and subsequent extradition to the UK.
The episode also tracks events in Colombia and Venezuela, where US customs officials pursue the cartel broker acting as the middleman between Colombian suppliers and Wright's smuggling network. Back in the UK, former insiders give evidence in the trial against The Milkman, closing out the story of a man who, as the episode puts it, has finally "finished his rounds."
Hosts and release
Livvy Haydock presents this instalment of Gangster: True Crime Podcast on Britain's Most Wanted Man, a true crime podcast exploring how an ordinary carpenter became Britain's most wanted fugitive. This sixth episode, running 31 minutes, was released on 10 September 2026 and brings the multi-part account of The Milkman to its conclusion. Listeners following The Story from its earlier chapters will find this episode ties together the surveillance operation, the cartel connections, and the courtroom testimony that finally brought Wright's decades on the run to an end.
