Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection - Hardcover

Jennings, Andrew; Lashmar, Paul; Simson, Vyv

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0099879905 ISBN 13: 9780099879909

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This story of police corruption is based on six years of probing by three award-winning journalists, and offers evidence of the betrayal, by one of its own officers, of Scotland Yard's investigations into Britain's biggest-ever cocaine deal. The authors claim that gangster Roy Garner, a former meat porter who became a multi-millionaire, avoided imprisonment for 20 years - protected by Scotland Yard and ignored when he smuggled into the country cocaine valued at #100 million. The book alleges that his immunity from prosecution hinged on a partnership with Tony Lundy, a detective who was allowed to retire when the investigators closed in.

About this title

About the Author:

Television journalists Andrew Jennings and Vyv Simpson won the Gold Medal at the 1998 New York Film festival for their investigation revealing that British mercenaries were hired by the White House during the Iran-Contra scandal. They were shortlisted the following year when their Granada TV World in Action programme first revealed Scotland Yard's Cocaine Connection. Paul Lashmar, formerly with the Observer, was Reporter of the Year in 1986. He has been investigating Scotland Yard since the early 1980s. He is now a memeber of the World in Action team.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0099879905
• ISBN 13: 9780099879909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270