The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime

MVITA - brings back some great memories. Remember driving him to a gig somewhere in North Manchester only for him to remember just before we arrived that he had left his gear (the music sort) back in Didsbury! He was also a pretty good footballer. Turned out occasionally for the Manor House.
 
tweety said:
Just watching it now, unbelievable stuff. Scum like this should be locked up till they're old men. Drugs are destroying this country.
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The war on drugs has and continues to be an enormous failure. Lots of ex police and undercover drugs officers agree but successively governments aren't brave enough to change policy. It also makes a very good living for the whole judicial system.
 
Bozzie said:
No worries pal. I was an Old Moat lad and then Wilbraham, Paul was something of an enigma, one of the brightest lads I knew, wagged virtually all of the 4th year and half of the 5th. The school, or whoever, forced him to sit his mock O levels and he did better than half of us who'd barely missed a day. Last seen working in Timpson's on Market St and I've always hoped he had a good life!
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The owner of Timpsons, Sir John, is a big Blue who employs a lot of ex cons to help in their rehabilitation, it's a good company to work for, staff are not allowed to work on their birthday amongst other conditions. I heard him on Desert Island Discs a few years ago, really good listen if you have half an hour to spare, it's the truncated version with only about 30 seconds of each disc, that's a bonus because his music choice was a bit shit!!

click on the "listen now" button then scroll up to BBC Sounds app if you have it, click on OPEN, saves you registering or logging in.

www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, John Timpson

Kirsty Young interviews businessman John Timpson.
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worsleyweb said:
Frightening watching this now. Some sick people about.
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The Kidnap and prolonged torture of a man with a hammer and blowtorch and he will only serve four years. I think the head honcho received 19 years due to involvement with a firearm. Not a murmer out of the second AV and all he said was "Is it bad". His feet were shattered with hammer blows and his big toe looked like it was hanging off making for a harrowing nights viewing.
 
paulchapo said:
The war on drugs has and continues to be an enormous failure. Lots of ex police and undercover drugs officers agree but successively governments aren't brave enough to change policy. It also makes a very good living for the whole judicial system.
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Prohibition pretty much built organised crime in the states. After the Volstead act was repealed, opiate use was then criminalised..a new consumer driven demand created. Fked if i know the solution...
Thinking on...several countries have legal prostitution...another big organised crime earner...I wouldn't say that industry has cleaned itself up?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Legalise them all. Get the taxes, kill the underworld hold and regulate the standard of drug.
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I have argued against this for years. Yes legalise but don't tax it. Look at cigarettes, because of the tax there is huge evasion done by criminals, carousel fraud, importation of real (and) fake cigs in fact anything to make money illegally.
Give Boots the licence to sell it with no tax
 
Two Gun Bob said:
The Kidnap and prolonged torture of a man with a hammer and blowtorch and he will only serve four years. I think the head honcho received 19 years due to involvement with a firearm. Not a murmer out of the second AV and all he said was "Is it bad". His feet were shattered with hammer blows and his big toe looked like it was hanging off making for a harrowing nights viewing.
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The lad who got 19 years (Evers?) Was definitely not the leader of the gang. It was Paris's dad but Evers looked like he was a patsy and was told or bullied in to taking the brunt the charges for the rest of the gang.

Absolute stupidity from the lad to keep the gun hidden under his bed
 
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