Finished this now, been doing an odd chapter or 2 at work when there is no deliveries to do.
Couple of chapters that stand out. 1 tells the story of how the Met commissioner set up a sting to catch corrupt coppers. More to do with getting some positive publicity at the time as there was various enquiries going on in the background 1 of which was the Steven Lawrence enquiry.
Anyway he gave the go ahead and his detectives borrowed 80kg of hash from the evidence locker to plant in a flat that they had hired. The word was then put out and the corrupt officers took the bait and went to 'raid' this flat with the intention of selling it on for their own profit.
The CPS had noted they were worried about such a large amount of drugs being lost but they were assured it would be under surveillance 24 hours a day and there was no risk.
They arrested the officers and they were successfully prosecuted and 54kg of hash was put back in to the evidence locker. The rest has never been found.
The other chapter is a short one that shows how common racism was in the Met back in the day. A lot of the detectives, most accused of some form of corruption, went on a yearly masonic football holiday to Spain or the likes. The group was called the Walthamstow Overseas Geographical Society or W.O.G.S for short.