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-Secrets...

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-..lies...

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-..deceit...

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-..violence.

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-Every criminal case is a distinct

-challenge for the detective.

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-To discover the truth,

-they need patience and curiosity.

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-Forty years ago, one of the biggest

-drugs investigations in Britain...

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-..unmasked a gang who were producing

-LSD for a global market...

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-..from rural Wales.

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-Tonight, I'll talk to the detectives

-who worked covertly on the case.

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-We had cameras and binoculars.

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-Nothing posh like they have today.

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-I'll hear about the effect the

-investigation had on their lives.

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-Someone pulled up in a car

-and shot my lounge window out.

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-Bristol, March 1978.

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-A team of detectives

-were celebrating.

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-They had succeeded in smashing

-an LSD drugs ring.

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-The investigation was called

-Operation Julie...

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-..after one of the detectives

-on the team.

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-For me, the story starts

-in rural West Wales.

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-It was home to one of the biggest

-LSD factories in the world.

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-In the 1970s, LSD had become

-a very popular drug.

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-Police forces across Britain

-were trying to catch the gang...

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-..who were producing and

-distributing thousands of tablets.

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-One suspect was Richard Kemp,

-originally from Bedford.

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-After a road accident near

-Machynlleth in the spring of 1975...

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-..an inspection of his car revealed

-a key piece of evidence.

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-When they examined

-the red Range Rover...

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-..police found a scrap of paper torn

-into six pieces.

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-When they put the pieces back

-together, they could clearly read...

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-..the name of the chemical,

-hydrazine hydrate on the paper...

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-..a key ingredient

-in the manufacture of LSD.

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-By sheer luck, the detectives had

-found the first piece of evidence...

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-..that would lead to the breaking up

-of the LSD ring.

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-A covert investigation

-was launched in March 1976.

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-Twenty-four detectives from across

-Britain were chosen to work on it...

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-..under the supervision of Detective

-Chief Inspector, Dick Lee.

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-Among them was a police officer

-from Llanelli.

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-There was a great emphasis

-on the fact...

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-..that no-one must know

-what we were doing.

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-That it was strictly confidential.

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-Although they didn't know the amount

-of work that was in front of them...

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-..one police officer from Barry...

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-..felt that it was his personal and

-moral duty to undertake this work.

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-We're part of a team

-that will take out of society...

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-..an evil that my children

-will not have to face.

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-I knew what LSD could do

-and if I was able in any way...

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-..to rid us of the evil

-that they might have to face...

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-..then I was prepared

-to go to the lengths.

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-In a fortnight, they were trained

-to undertake covert surveillance.

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-And how to follow them on foot

-or by car.

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-The first target, was the driver

-of the Range Rover, Richard Kemp.

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-He had moved to Tregaron

-with his partner.

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-It was here in Penlleinau...

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-..that Richard Kemp lived with his

-partner, Christine Bott.

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-Kemp was a talented English chemist

-and Bott was a doctor.

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-They moved here from London

-in the early 1970s.

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-To the community, they appeared

-to be living a quiet life.

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-I didn't see her very day,

-but I saw her occasionally.

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-When I passed by,

-they were often in the garden.

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-They spent a lot of time

-in the garden.

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-The detectives kept the house under

-surveillance 24 hours a day.

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-They began to scrutinise

-the couple's movements.

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-After a period of surveillance

-of Richard Kemp...

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-..and his partner, Christine Bott...

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-..police noticed that they travelled

-from their home near Tregaron...

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-..to Plas Llysyn in Carno.

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-An American named Paul Arnaboldi

-owned Plas Llysyn.

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-The team began to suspect that

-the house was being used...

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-..as a laboratory to produce LSD.

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-The task for Dai Rees

-and his partner, Terry Stokes...

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-..was to keep the house

-under surveillance from a caravan.

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-The caravan was in the lane behind

-us here in the corner of the park.

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-We put it in the corner

-in that position...

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-..so that we could see

-the house clearly...

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-..and we could see people

-coming and going from the house.

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-We had to stay in the caravan

-all day.

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-Then another shift would take over

-in the evening.

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-We had to watch the house

-through a small gap in the curtains.

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-They told local people that they

-were surveyors searching for water.

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-They sent letters with a Llanelli

-postmark to themselves...

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-..in the hope that the postman

-would spread their story.

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-It amazes me now

-that no-one came up to us...

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-..and said,

-"What on earth are you doing here?"

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-But nobody did.

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-According to the farmer next door...

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-..the community swallowed the story

-about the men in the caravan.

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-They arrived overnight

-and no-one took any notice.

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-The words Tyson Surveyors

-was written on the caravan.

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-It was an odd thing

-to be written on there...

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-..and the curtains

-were always closed.

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-I still remember that.

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-One night in May,

-knowing that the place was empty...

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-..the two detectives were ordered

-to break into the house.

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-We entered through a window

-that was open at the back.

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-We were very scared.

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-I feel scared even now

-just thinking about it.

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-As they explored further...

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-..they noticed that the lock

-on the cellar door looked new.

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-This is part of the cellar.

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-It goes back further than this

-underneath the house.

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-The cellar had been whitewashed

-from top to bottom...

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-..but was completely empty.

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-So they took swabs from the walls

-and shelves.

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-On the way out through this door...

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-..I said to Terry,

-who was with me...

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-..that it would be a good idea to

-take a sample from this drain here.

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-So I put my hands in...

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-..and pulled out a lump of earth

-and a dead mole.

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-After sending the samples

-to the laboratory...

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-..forensic tests confirmed the

-presence of LSD on the swabs...

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-..and on the mole.

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-It proved without a doubt...

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-..that a laboratory

-had been based here...

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-..and had been producing LSD

-for quite some time.

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-To be perfectly honest...

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-..I felt very proud to have been

-part of this investigation.

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-But, at that time,

-no-one was arrested.

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-The team suspected that there was

-a much deeper network here...

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-..and that they had only

-scratched the surface...

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-..when they found the LSD lab

-in Carno.

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-At the end of June 1976...

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-..two detectives moved into

-this cottage near Tregaron...

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-..across the valley

-from Penlleiniau.

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-It was the home of chemist,

-Richard Kemp.

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-There were microphones installed in

-the window sills of his property.

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-My job, then, was to run a cable

-from our cottage, up the hillside...

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-..where I then installed

-a miniature speech receiver...

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-..to pick up any conversations

-we could achieve from Kemp's house.

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-The first try was aborted somewhat

-by the sheep eating the cable...

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-..which meant I had to run it

-all over again.

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-On the second try, my receiver

-was able to pick it up.

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-The Operation Julie team watched

-Penlleiniau behind me...

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-..from these hills for months.

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-They took turns watching

-the inhabitants...

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-..and they listened

-to every conversation...

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-..hoping to discover a connection

-to a gang in London.

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-But while the detectives were

-watching and eavesdropping...

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-..Christine Bott flew

-to Switzerland...

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-..buying her ticket with cash.

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-In Zurich, she put 16,000

-in a safety deposit box.

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-But, were the couple about to flee?

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-Did the drugs ring stretch

-beyond UK borders?

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-Detectives were running out of time

-to destroy the entire network...

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-..before their covert investigation

-was discovered.

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-In May 1976, the Operation Julie

-team discovered an LSD lab...

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-..at an isolated mansion in Carno.

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-But large bits of the jigsaw

-were still missing.

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-Two undercover detectives moved into

-the village of Llanddewi Brefi...

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-..about fifty miles from Carno.

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-They were to observe the movements

-of a certain Alston Hughes.

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-Known as Smiles, he was suspected of

-being one of the main distributors.

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-Smiles would often come in

-for a drink.

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-He used to buy drinks for everyone.

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-He did things like that.

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-That's why he was so popular

-with the youngsters.

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-This is the detective

-who was given the task...

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-..of making friends with Smiles.

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-Stephen Bentley from Hampshire

-Police grew a beard...

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-..and painted his van so he could

-fit in with the local hippies.

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-He lived a lie

-in order to be accepted.

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-Smiles was a wary character.

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-It wasn't easy to persuade him that

-we weren't undercover cops.

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-But we got on well with him.

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-We visited his home on many

-occasions where we played cards...

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-..drank a lot of beer...

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-..drank liquor, smoked a lot of

-weed, smoked a lot of hash.

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-Eventually, as we got to know him

-more and more...

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-..even cocaine was produced.

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-The deception worked.

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-The detective was accepted

-into the circle of friends.

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-In November,

-without Smiles knowing...

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-..other detectives followed him

-to a pub near Lampeter...

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-..after listening in

-to one of his phone calls.

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-One day,

-as the police were listening...

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-..they heard Smiles arranging to

-meet a man called Russ Spencely...

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-..who said that he had over 50,000

-tablets ready for him.

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-They met here at the Ram...

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-..where Spencely handed Smiles

-a white plastic bag in the pub.

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-But what the pair didn't know...

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-..was that there were undercover

-detectives watching them.

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-But again, the detectives decided

-to wait, so no-one was arrested.

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-The team suspected that there was

-a second factory somewhere...

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-..because there were two different

-types of LSD on the streets.

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-In London, another man came

-to the attention of detectives.

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-Henry Barclay Todd.

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-Dai Rees was given the task...

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-..of watching Todd's Kensington

-house from this van on the street.

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-There was a periscope

-on top of the van...

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-..so I could sit in a chair,

-turn it quietly and keep watch.

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-I could take photos if necessary.

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-After watching his movements

-for six months...

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-..they noticed that Todd regularly

-visited this house...

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-..in Hampton Wick in the company

-of a man named Andy Munro.

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-Munro was a chemist.

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-The two were observed carrying

-scientific equipment...

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-..and chemicals into the house.

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-These details were accumulating

-every day...

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-..until the jigsaw was complete.

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-The last piece was the big bust.

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-After watching them covertly

-for 13 months...

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-..the police were now ready

-to bring the gang to court.

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-But arresting the whole gang at the

-same time would be impossible...

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-..for the Operation Julie team.

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-The timing of the raid was key.

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-In West Wales,

-a group of local police officers...

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-..were called to a top secret

-meeting in the middle of the night.

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-We soon realized

-how big the operation was.

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-There were police everywhere.

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-Even the local police didn't know

-anything...

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-..because it was top secret

-until the very last minute.

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-This was one of the biggest raids...

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-..in Britain at the time.

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-It was the biggest raid we would

-ever undertake in our careers.

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-It wasn't until afterwards

-that we realized how big it was.

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-On March 26, 1977,

-at 6.00am exactly...

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-..800 police officers targeted 70

-addresses across Britain and France.

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-Within an hour,

-over 100 people had been arrested...

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-..and were on their way

-to Swindon Police Station.

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-The 4,000 pieces of evidence

-filled the gym.

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-At Smiles' house,

-they found 14,000 in a cereal box.

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-In a dung heap in the garden of Kemp

-and Bott in Penlleiniau...

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-..they discovered

-over a million LSD tablets.

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-They also raided this house

-in the Dordogne area of France...

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-..which belonged

-to one of the dealers.

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-In the office,

-there was valuable paperwork...

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-..exposing the entire network.

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-Dai Rees was one of those who

-trawled through evidence there.

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-There were bank receipts

-from all over the world.

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-From New Zealand to the Americas,

-Australia and Hong Kong.

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-It was incredible to think

-that I'd found such treasure.

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-Back in Swindon, the team were

-collecting the material...

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-..that would prove their case.

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-Armed police were brought in

-to protect the evidence.

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-They had a total of over 6.5 million

-LSD tablets...

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-..over a 1 million in cash, shares

-and a one kilo gold bar.

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-After digging deeper

-and taking up the floor...

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-..of Kemp's kitchen near Tregaron,

-they found three jars of pure LSD...

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-..worth 100 million.

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-In March 1978,

-at Bristol Crown Court...

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-..fifteen of the ringleaders

-were sentenced...

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-..to a total of 120 years in prison.

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-Richard Kemp, the chemist

-from Tregaron got thirteen years.

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-His partner, Christine Bott,

-got nine years.

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-Alston Hughes or Smiles,

-was sentenced to eight years.

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-The Operation Julie team

-were highly praised...

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-..for their work by the judge.

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-But the two and a half year

-investigation...

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-..had been a huge strain

-on the detectives.

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-And for this man, keeping the secret

-had been a great burden.

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-The only person I ever told

-was my wife.

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-There are times when I've cried

-to my wife...

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-..with the pure stress

-of the operation.

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-As the detectives smashed

-the network...

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-..David Redrup himself

-became a target.

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-Someone pulled up in a car

-and shot my lounge window out.

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-As a result, we had to have armed

-police outside the house...

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-..for several weeks afterwards.

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-Both looking after the house

-and taking the kids to school.

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-Stephen Bentley has created a new

-life for himself once again.

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-This time in the Philippines.

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-The undercover life he lived

-in Llanddewi Brefi...

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-..damaged his career and his life.

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-I became very depressed while I was

-still in the police force.

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-The alcohol abuse continued...

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-..as indeed did the use of drugs.

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-Dai Rees was a young man of 35...

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-..when he began the life

-of an undercover detective.

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-Forty years later,

-he treasures the memories.

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-I was always glad to go home.

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-But, also, I was very proud

-to think...

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-..that a team of young men...

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-..had been so successful.

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-But, believe me, there were times...

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-..when things were extremely

-difficult.

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-After it was all over...

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-..and we'd jailed so many people...

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-..I felt like

-we'd won the triple crown.

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-With the gang locked up,

-it was said at the time...

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-..that the price of one LSD tablet

-rose from 1 to 5.

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-And that the investigation

-had got rid of 90%...

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-..of all the LSD

-that was available in Britain.

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-Certainly, Operation Julie

-was one of the most successful...

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-..drugs investigations

-in British criminal history.

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