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Busted: The inside story of the UK's biggest ever drugs bust Book

Martyn Pritchard, a hippy, drug squad detective, based in Oxford, lived and worked undercover for 5 and a half 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 Longleaf 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.Read More

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  • Foyles

    A gritty true crime expose of the UK's biggest ever drugs bust.Drug squad detective Martyn Pritchard reveals the inside story of living undercover as a drug-dealing hippy for more than 5 years during the 1970s.Martyn and Eddie Laxton, the journalist chasing the big story, found themselves at the centre of Operation Julie, and together became entrenched in the biggest drugs scandal Britain has ever known.This is a truly unique real crime story revealing the secrets, perils and rigours of living and working undercover in the 70s drugs scene, the massive LSD drugs bust, the launch of the Reading Music Festival and the capture of Howard 'Mr Nice' Marks.

  • 1912624052
  • 9781912624058
  • , Edward Laxton
  • 6 September 2018
  • Mirror Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
  • 2nd New edition
  • Book
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