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Working as Undercover Police: 'What I was doing was ruthless'

Working as an undercover police officer in the UK is treacherous. The people you interact with are always within a hair’s breadth from finding out your identity, close calls and criminal gangs looking for the undercover officer to prove they are not a cop. Neil Woods, who was an undercover police operative for 14 years with some of the UK’s most violent drug gangs which he writes about in his book ‘’Drug Wars: The Terrifying inside story of Britain’s Drug Trade’’... Image: Twitter @wudzee0

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15.05 5 Apr 2023


Working as Undercover Police: 'What I was doing was ruthless'


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Working as an undercover police officer in the UK is treacherous. The people you interact with are always within a hair’s breadth from finding out your identity, close calls and criminal gangs looking for the undercover officer to prove they are not a cop.

Neil Woods, who was an undercover police operative for 14 years with some of the UK’s most violent drug gangs which he writes about in his book ‘’Drug Wars: The Terrifying inside story of Britain’s Drug Trade’’...

Image: Twitter @wudzee0


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