Operation Julie
Subtitle: how the undercover police team smashed the world's greatest drugs ring
By: Dick Lee and Colin Pratt.
Contributors: Pratt, Colin, joint author.
Publisher: W. H. Allen; Ebury Publishing
Published: 1978
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Drug traffic -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Description: In March 1977 the largest drugs bust in history cracked a drugs ring based near Tregaron, Wales. Six million tabs of LSD were recovered by the police and120 people were arrested throughout the UK and France. Stashes of LSD worth £100 million were also unearthed and £800,000 in money was discovered hidden in Swiss bank accounts. Eventually17 defendants were jailed for a total of 130 years in the wake of the investigation code named Operation Julie: