British army officer Captain Robert Nairac was snatched from a pub in South Armagh, after spending the night posing as ‘Danny McErlean’, an Official IRA man from Belfast. Murdered by the IRA in May 1977, is the search for the eccentric Captain’s remains coming to an end? Today’s episode of the Indo Daily comes from our sister podcast The BelTel.

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