Smuggling network, GTA VI
Brian Heder’s network
Old-school smuggling, out of the Keys.
The Keys drug runners Jason works for, centered on Brian Heder, a smuggler from the golden age who moves his goods through his boatyard.
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Overview
Before he meets Lucia, Jason already has an employer: the Keys drug runners. Rockstar shows him working for them because it’s what he does best, and names the oldest of them, Brian Heder, who learned the trade during the golden age of smuggling. Brian still moves his goods through his boatyard with Lori, his third wife, and now lets others do the dirty work. He puts Jason up for free in exchange for help with local debt collection. Cal Hampton, Jason’s friend and Brian’s associate, moves in the same circle. Rockstar gives this group no name other than local drug runners.
What official media show
Trailer 2 shows the boatyard at night, with the Brian’s Boat Works & Marina sign lit up, while cargo is being loaded. An official screenshot shows Brian, a white plastic-wrapped package in hand, giving instructions to a man in a helmet; others show him at his dock or behind the wheel of his pickup. In the Extended Look, he has Jason and Lucia over for dinner to hand them a job.
What we know for the game
It isn’t known yet which missions the network hands out, or how they tie in with Raul’s or Boobie’s. The boatyard and Jason’s house in the Keys are marked on the map; this page links them, along with Brian’s Caracara 4x4 pickup.
Key points
- Jason works for local drug runners in the Keys, according to his official introduction.
- Their known face is Brian Heder, who learned the trade during the golden age of smuggling in the archipelago.
- The goods move through Brian’s boatyard, which he runs with Lori, his third wife.
- In the Extended Look, Brian hands Jason and Lucia a job over dinner.
The file
What each official release has shown of the group, date by date, with series benchmarks and what’s still to be confirmed.
ID card
- Type
- Smuggling network
- Known figure
- Brian Heder
- Base
- Brian’s Boat Works & Marina, Leonida Keys
- Around him
- Jason Duval, Cal Hampton, Lori
- Name
- “Local smugglers”, no other published name
- Official images
- 6 on this page
Reveal timeline
Trailer 2
Seen in media
Brian’s boatyard at night, sign lit, while cargo is being loaded.
“Only in Leonida” pages
Official
Jason works for the Keys’ “local smugglers”, and Brian moves his goods through his boatyard.
An Extended Look
Seen in media
Brian and Lori meet the duo at Effluvia, a rooftop bar.
Series benchmarks
What earlier games did along the same lines: benchmarks to get an idea, not information about GTA VI.
2017
GTA Online: Smuggler’s Run
A hangar, planes and smuggled cargo: a trade you could already play in the series.
What’s still to be confirmed
- Which missions will the network hand out, and at what point in the story?
- Will smuggling be done by boat, by plane, or both?
Nobody has the answer yet: these points will be filled in with the game, on November 19, 2026.
Sources for this file
On the Leonida map
The places on our map linked to this group: territory, hideout or scenes where it appears. They are markers, not a territory confirmed by Rockstar.
Smuggling network
Brian Heder’s network
Where to find it: Brian’s Marina Workshop, Key Lento
On the map
In pictures
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What’s next?
The rest gets written on November 19, 2026.
Each page will be filled in once the game is out: what you find there, what you do there, what it earns you. Nothing made up until then.