Description:The incredible insider view of the UK’s biggest ever drugs bust, by the undercover ‘hippy’ cop at its centre.Martyn Pritchard, a hippy, drug squad detective, based in Oxford, lived and worked undercover for 51⁄2 years, during the 1970s.A young warden was cultivating a plot of cannabis plants in the Lions’ Reserve at Longleat Safari Park, in Wiltshire. This became an inquiry for the detective and a potential story for a Mirror reporter, which is how the author and detective met. Together they became entrenched in the biggest drugs scandal Britain has ever known.The same Longleat warden had also offered up LSD tabs – any amount from 1,000 to 10,000 at a time – which led to the start of ‘Operation Julie’, still the biggest UK drugs ‘bust’ ever, with 130 arrests and 214 years in sentences for the masterminds.This book covers the adventures within the operation from Det Sgt Martyn Pritchard’s unique perspective, along with some of his further exploits along the way, including the launch of the Reading Music Festival; the expose of Howard ‘Mr Nice’ Marks; and the perils and rigours of living and working undercover in the 70s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Busted! The Sensational Life-Story of an Undercover Hippie Cop. To get started finding Busted! The Sensational Life-Story of an Undercover Hippie Cop, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
262
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Mirror Books
Release
2018
ISBN
Busted! The Sensational Life-Story of an Undercover Hippie Cop
Description: The incredible insider view of the UK’s biggest ever drugs bust, by the undercover ‘hippy’ cop at its centre.Martyn Pritchard, a hippy, drug squad detective, based in Oxford, lived and worked undercover for 51⁄2 years, during the 1970s.A young warden was cultivating a plot of cannabis plants in the Lions’ Reserve at Longleat Safari Park, in Wiltshire. This became an inquiry for the detective and a potential story for a Mirror reporter, which is how the author and detective met. Together they became entrenched in the biggest drugs scandal Britain has ever known.The same Longleat warden had also offered up LSD tabs – any amount from 1,000 to 10,000 at a time – which led to the start of ‘Operation Julie’, still the biggest UK drugs ‘bust’ ever, with 130 arrests and 214 years in sentences for the masterminds.This book covers the adventures within the operation from Det Sgt Martyn Pritchard’s unique perspective, along with some of his further exploits along the way, including the launch of the Reading Music Festival; the expose of Howard ‘Mr Nice’ Marks; and the perils and rigours of living and working undercover in the 70s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Busted! The Sensational Life-Story of an Undercover Hippie Cop. To get started finding Busted! The Sensational Life-Story of an Undercover Hippie Cop, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.