To Live Outside the Law
Caught by Operation Julie, Britain's Biggest Drugs Bust
1st Edition
Published on 7. July 2011
320 pages
978-1-84765-761-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Listen, Leaf,' Pritchard said, 'the hash is neither here nor there. You're in a lot more trouble than possession of a bit of dope. You've got big problems, man... big problems.'
He looked at me with something akin to sympathy. 'How did you get into such a fix?'
I'd been asking myself the same question.
Operation Julie in 1977 remains Britain's biggest ever drugs bust. The work of eleven police forces, it resulted in the break-up of one of the largest LSD co-operatives in the world, the arrest of 120 people and, according to reports, the seizure of six million trips' worth of LSD crystal, valued at GBP100 million. Overnight, the price of a tab went from GBP1 to GBP5.
This is the first insider account of how it felt to be caught up in - and by - Operation Julie.
He looked at me with something akin to sympathy. 'How did you get into such a fix?'
I'd been asking myself the same question.
Operation Julie in 1977 remains Britain's biggest ever drugs bust. The work of eleven police forces, it resulted in the break-up of one of the largest LSD co-operatives in the world, the arrest of 120 people and, according to reports, the seizure of six million trips' worth of LSD crystal, valued at GBP100 million. Overnight, the price of a tab went from GBP1 to GBP5.
This is the first insider account of how it felt to be caught up in - and by - Operation Julie.
Reviews / Votes
This book is f***ing good -- Howard Marks Dramatic ... A compelling read * Independent on Sunday * Barely a page I couldn't imagine vividly, as if this were a movie -- William Leith * Observer *All prices
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-84765-761-9 (9781847657619)
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Person
Twenty-eight years after his release from prison Leaf Fielding has been a teacher in Spain and a philanthropist, setting up a home for orphans in Malawi. He now sells organic produce in the region of the south of France where he lives.
