{"product_id":"books-undercover-by-stephen-bentley","title":"Undercover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a Liverpool night club, the Canadian mobster said, Are you guys cops?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Jackson heard him. His blood ran cold.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJackson wasn't his real name. He was an undercover cop.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ever wondered about the life of an undercover cop?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What it takes to infiltrate a worldwide drugs gang?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What it feels like to live a double life? - To 'live a lie.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Read this gripping true story of Britain's biggest drug bust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn March 1978, at the culmination of Operation Julie, fifteen defendants, including doctors, research chemists, a writer, and professional drug dealers were sentenced to a combined total of one hundred and twenty four years imprisonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperation Julie is still today the point of reference for all British undercover operations and training. In 2011, the BC claimed this massive and unique police operation was the start of the war on drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, Stephen Bentley, was one of four undercover detectives engaged on Operation Julie, one of the world's largest drug busts. Together with his undercover partner, he infiltrated the gang producing around 90 percent of the world's LSD and uncovered a plot to import huge quantities of Bolivian cocaine into the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBentley operated in the era of no undercover training. He improvised as he went along. He was a pioneer infiltrator left to his own devices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The underworld knew the author as Steve Jackson. How did he successfully infiltrate the two gangs? Did he have to take drugs, and how did 'living a lie' affect him?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The author and his book have featured on BC Newsnight, BC Wales News, BC Radio 4 World at One and BC Five Live; and also in London's Guardian and Sunday Express newspapers. The book is also now adapted for a feature film.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673235087633,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9786219619035.jpg?v=1781524227","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-undercover-by-stephen-bentley","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}