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-I'm Mali Harries and I'm meeting

-former and current detectives...

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-..who've worked on Wales'

-biggest criminal investigations.

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-Tonight on Y Ditectif,

-I learn how the police...

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-..catch

-international drugs suppliers.

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-I return to the 1980s to revisit the

-case of the Seal Bay smugglers...

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-..who built a cave

-beneath a Pembrokeshire beach.

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-And I discover

-how digital techniques...

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-..helped catch

-a drugs dealer in North Wales.

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-In this quiet corner

-of Cardigan Bay...

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-..the coast

-is both wild and beautiful.

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-But in June 1983, it wasn't tourists

-who came to north Pembrokeshire...

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-..to walk its coastal paths

-and beaches, it was smugglers.

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-A local fisherman

-was first to arouse suspicions...

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-..after seeing a stranger sitting

-in a remote bay north of Newport.

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-The man said

-he was on a secret expedition.

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-After the police were called...

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-..they investigated further

-with the Newport lifeboat crew.

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-We started

-at eight o'clock in the morning.

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-I sent two officers with the

-inshore rescue craft to investigate.

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-Random items were discovered there.

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-Gallons of petrol,

-food, batteries...

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-..and sleeping bags.

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-Local farmers also thought...

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-..that something suspicious

-was going on.

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-They'd seen strangers

-walking across their land at night.

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-I went to the milk the cows

-in the morning...

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-..at about half past four...

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-..and I saw

-a strange light next door.

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-I had a real fright.

-I didn't know what to think.

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-I called my son and told him

-I'd seen a strange light...

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-..and he said,

-"That's your UFO, Mam."

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-He just made fun of me.

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-Some local farmers

-accompanied the police....

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-..as they searched

-the shingle beaches.

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-In a quiet bay called Cell Hywel...

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-..a farmer

-threw a stone across the beach...

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-..and heard a hollow echo.

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-After clearing the stones,

-they found a hatch...

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-..and beneath it a narrow cave.

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-Though detectives suspected

-it was a storeroom for cannabis...

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-..those responsible for it

-remained a mystery.

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-They found a crevice...

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-..in the cave, so they

-removed all the stones from that.

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-They'd fibreglassed the inside

-to make it completely watertight.

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-Whatever was going to be

-stored there had to be kept dry.

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-It was obvious that something major

-was going on there...

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-..but there was little evidence

-as to what it was.

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-We suspected it was possibly drugs.

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-Despite all the equipment and the

-excavated cave under the beach...

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-..there was

-no obvious evidence of a crime.

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-There were certainly

-no drugs found there.

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-Detectives started keeping

-a close eye on the area.

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-One day, a suspicious-looking man

-was seen walking in the fields.

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-The man was lying in the grass

-on the clifftop.

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-He was a tall and thin man...

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-..wearing a long black coat

-over his knees and a haversack.

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-He said he was looking

-for the Coastal Path.

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-He said he lived in

-Clarendon House, Clarendon Road...

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-..and that he was

-a property developer.

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-Robin Boswell

-was the first to be arrested.

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-Days later,

-a stranger was spotted...

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-..driving a Range Rover

-erratically out of Newport.

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-He was taken into custody

-for questioning.

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-His name was Kenneth Dewar.

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-His address...

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-..was Clarendon House,

-Clarendon Road, London.

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-His trousers and his heavy boots

-were full of fibreglass.

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-He was detained as well.

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-On the Pendinas peninsula

-some days later...

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-..the police arrested another man.

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-His name was Soeren Berg-Arnbak.

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-He'd altered

-his appearance and name...

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-..to flee authorities in Denmark.

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-When he was arrested...

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-..they found

-a marine radio in his bag.

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-Detectives took the radio

-to the shore at night...

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-..and waited for contact.

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-It was something past midnight,

-I think...

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-..and the machine came to life.

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-STATIC

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-"This is mother. This is mother.

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-"I want to come in

-and get the dirt off my hands."

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-But it was impossible

-for police to reply...

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-..without knowing

-the appropriate code.

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-It once again suggested

-that it was drugs trafficking...

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-..but they were out in the bay,

-the policemen were on the shore...

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-..with no way of getting to them.

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-But they needed more evidence

-to detain the three men.

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-Robin Boswell had been operating

-under several names too.

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-Detectives searched

-several of his properties in London.

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-He liked burying things.

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-We found these tanks in Dockhead and

-in Kilnhanger, another safe house.

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-They were building tanks...

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-..so they could be buried there.

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-Another man

-was seen drinking with the men...

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-..and spending lots of cash

-in local pubs.

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-He called himself Dave.

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-It was rumoured he lived in Antibes.

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-We flew to the south of France

-in February 1984.

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-We came across a sign

-which read, Jenkins Yacht Brokerage.

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-We didn't believe

-that a Frenchman...

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-..would have the surname Jenkins...

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-..so we entered the place.

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-Luckily, the door was open

-on a Saturday morning in February.

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-I said, "Bore da"...

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-..and a Northwalian voice replied,

-"Bore da."

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-I said we were looking

-for the man in the photograph.

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-He said he knew him.

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-He said, "You'll find him

-at Harry's Bar in Antibes.

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-"He's a South African.

-I'm sure he'll be there."

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-But they were too late.

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-The man had already left France.

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-Detectives returned

-to Pembrokeshire empty handed.

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-On Good Friday, I received

-a phone call from Cardigan Police...

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-..asking me to phone this man

-in France, it was urgent.

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-I phoned him and he said, "Dave's

-back in the bar." David Friese.

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-David Friese was arrested...

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-..and transported back to Wales.

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-At Swansea Crown Court

-in July 1984...

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-..police presented evidence

-against Boswell and his gang.

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-But when Robin Boswell

-gave testimony in court...

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-..he had an explanation for it all.

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-He said a German U-boat had sunk

-near Pendinas in World War Two...

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-..and the U-boat

-was laden with gold.

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-That's why

-he tunnelled beneath the beach.

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-To store the gold

-he was going to find.

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-He claimed that a man named David

-Klein could corroborate the story.

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-But the police were one step ahead.

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-The man was already in a cell.

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-That man was David Friese.

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-Though the detectives

-found no trace of drugs...

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-..the gang was imprisoned...

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-..for conspiring

-to smuggle drugs into Wales.

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-Robin Boswell

-was sentenced to 10 years...

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-..and Soeren Berg-Arnbak...

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-..was sentenced to eight years.

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-It was very pleasing to hear

-the judge publicly commending...

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-..the people of Newport

-for their public spirit.

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-My hair was white at the time,

-and Boswell said to me...

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-.."You're too old for this, boy,

-they should've pensioned you off."

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-I said, "Don't worry,

-they will have pensioned me off...

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-"..before you see daylight again."

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-And I was right!

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-In terms of the local people...

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-..you could say they were nosy...

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-..but they were like watchmen

-and watching what was going on.

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-In the beginning...

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-..the police's solicitor said...

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-.."You're amateurs

-against these professionals."

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-But it was the amateurs

-who beat the professionals.

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-Though it's 30 years

-since Operation Seal Bay...

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-..Wales' police forces

-continue to chase criminals...

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-..who traffic drugs into Wales.

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-But when North Wales Police

-uncovered a Caernarfon drugs ring...

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-..the detectives' work

-was very different.

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-Over the years,

-criminals have found a way...

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-..of smuggling drugs into Wales

-via land and sea.

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-And it's still happening.

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-Police techniques must advance...

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-..to keep one step ahead

-of the smugglers.

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-For five years, North Wales Police

-led a covert operation...

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-..to catch a gang who were selling

-drugs and intimidating communities.

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-The investigation...

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-..focused on the town of Caernarfon.

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-The investigation was launched

-in November 2009...

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-..when police were called

-to Marcus Street, Caernarfon...

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-..where they found

-70,000 worth of cocaine.

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-Seizing a drugs haul

-worth this much...

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-..doesn't happen

-every day in Caernarfon.

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-We knew a sophisticated team

-had started operating.

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-Over the months that followed...

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-..police found more drugs

-in the town.

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-In October 2012,

-they found cocaine worth 30,000...

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-..in the locker of an employee

-at the Castell hotel...

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-..and yet more drugs

-in a car in Bethel.

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-Operation Yonside was launched

-to track the dealers.

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-One name was mentioned throughout.

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-Gavin Thorman.

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-Not only was Gavin Thorman...

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-..selling lots of drugs locally...

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-..including cocaine,

-heroin and cannabis...

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-..he was a man

-who was ready to use violence...

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-..and threatening behaviour.

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-The gang

-carried knives and fake handguns.

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-They drove flash cars...

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-..and were spotted

-in speedboats on the Menai Strait.

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-I think they regarded themselves

-as the Untouchables.

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-They thought

-they were above the law.

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-This is Pool Street, Caernarfon.

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-We knew

-Gavin Thorman and his team...

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-..operated

-from an address on this street.

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-This is where

-they did all their planning.

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-Their HQ, as it were.

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-This is where

-the ring leaders gathered.

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-Gavin Thorman and his accomplices.

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-This is where they planned

-their next step.

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-We were also planning

-our next step...

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-..because we were keeping them

-under surveillance at this address.

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-Thorman or a gang member drove to

-Manchester to collect the drugs...

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-..or they met dealers

-in Betws-y-Coed and Deiniolen.

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-They regularly changed their cars,

-but unbeknown to them...

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-..police were following

-their every move.

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-The police recorded footage

-of the gang exchanging black bags.

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-They also monitored

-the gang's mobile phone activity.

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-Very quickly, we were picking up

-different mobile numbers.

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-It was obvious

-the gang was changing numbers...

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-..and SIM cards...

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-..so we wouldn't be able

-to follow the trail.

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-But we could follow the trail,

-and that's what we did.

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-They studied more than 100 mobile

-phones as part of the investigation.

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-In this forensic laboratory...

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-..digital experts use

-all kinds of covert techniques...

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-..to study the police's mobiles.

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-They agreed to show us

-some of the techniques...

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-..while others

-must remain confidential.

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-I look for any memory cards

-or SIM cards...

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-..that are in the device

-and then I remove them.

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-The phone

-is placed in a Faraday box...

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-..which restricts any incoming

-or outgoing data to the phone.

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-They then use

-special computer software...

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-..to recover the phone's passcode.

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-Even if any data, such as messages,

-calls, videos and images...

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-..are deleted from the device...

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-..this process retrieves the data.

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-The data is displayed on screen.

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-Even if everything

-is wiped from the phone...

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-..these experts

-are able to recover all the data.

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-We can retrieve various data...

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-..such as

-how many steps a person's taken...

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-..their height and weight...

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-..recent locations,

-images, videos...

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-..as well as contacts

-and text messages.

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-In the Caernarfon drugs' case...

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-..North Wales Police...

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-..knew the dealers were using

-different SIMs to evade capture.

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-However,

-Gavin Thorman wasn't as careful...

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-..when he used a phone

-at Altcourse prison in Liverpool.

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-While he was in prison

-for another crime...

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-..police listened in

-on his calls to his girlfriend.

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-Thorman thought no-one would

-understand them speaking Welsh.

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-He didn't realize

-that we had ways and means...

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-..of listening in on these calls.

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-We gathered a lot of evidence...

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-..about his past crimes

-and future intentions.

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-He saw himself becoming

-the biggest dealer in North Wales.

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-That evidence

-was used against him...

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-..and we were ready for him

-once he was released.

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-In August 2014...

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-..the police arrested the dealers.

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-We were expecting a gang

-from the Manchester area...

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-..travelling to North Wales

-in more than one vehicle.

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-We were expecting them

-to meet in Betws-y-Coed.

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-We were one step ahead.

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-They had no idea we were already

-waiting for them in Betws-y-Coed.

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-Gavin Thorman and Christopher Taylor

-drove to the Waterloo Hotel.

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-They waited in the car park

-for 20 minutes...

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-..before getting a call

-to say something had gone wrong.

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-They drove

-straight back to Caernarfon.

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-A traffic officer had stopped

-the other car near St Asaph...

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-..unaware that

-detectives were following them.

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-There was 50,000 worth of cannabis

-in the boot.

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-We knew the gang came back here

-from Betws-y-Coed on that day.

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-A large team of police officers

-came to this address.

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-I think Gavin Thorman

-realized the game was over.

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-He tried to escape...

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-..via the roof...

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-..but we pursued him on the roof...

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-..assisted by the fire service.

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-He threw his phone over the top

-and hid SIM cards under the tiles...

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-..which we retrieved.

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-39 people were arrested.

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-34 homes had been searched...

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-..and 192 mobile phones seized.

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-The police had gathered

-more than 2,000 pieces of evidence.

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-In April 2015,

-at Caernarfon Crown Court...

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-..25 people were imprisoned

-for a total of 127 years...

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-..for their part in the drugs ring.

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-This was the longest sentence given

-in a drugs' case in North Wales.

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-Gavin Thorman was sentenced

-to 12 years in prison.

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-This man

-wanted to take over North Wales.

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-We can't let

-people like him take over.

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-We're here to take action,

-and that's what we did.

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-We want North Wales

-to be a safe environment...

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-..and an ideal place to live.

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-The general belief is that we've

-made a big difference in the area.

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-Without the public's co-operation...

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-..we wouldn't have been able

-to put these criminals behind bars.

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-Without the help of local people...

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-..it's possible

-that the Cardigan Bay smugglers...

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-..would've hatched the plot

-to smuggle drugs 30 years ago.

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-Though times have changed...

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-..the work of detectives, past

-and present, relies on information.

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-People still remember Operation

-Seal Bay in north Pembrokeshire.

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-But what kind of investigation

-would it have been...

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-..with the police's

-latest techniques?

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-According to the detectives...

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-..the locals' information and

-evidence is crucial in every case.

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-It's what helped

-Pembrokeshire Police...

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-..to catch the Seal Bay smugglers.

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