Powder Wars: The Supergrass Who Brought Down Britain's Biggest Drug Dealers

by Graham Johnson

Overview

Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay—often with their blood. But when his son died of a drug overdose, the old-school mobster swore revenge on the new generation of Liverpool-based heroin and cocaine dealers. Against all odds, he turned undercover informant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840189254
Publisher:	Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited
Publication date:	10/01/2005
Edition description:	NEW
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

The Early Days     7
The Oslo     21
The Hole in the Wall Gang     29
Expansion     38
Den for Meets     50
The Scrapman's Gang     63
Caesar's Palace     81
Cortina Crew     89
John Haase     99
Straight-goer     113
The Informant     125
Curtis Warren     133
The First Consignment     140
The Key     147
The Bust     153
The Trial     159
The Intervening Years     165
Haase Backgrounder     171
Freed     177
The Great Escape     191
Big Brother Security     200
The In     208
Round-the-Clock Rackets     214
Protection and Extortion     221
Drugs     230
Gun Deal     235
The Case     243
The Deal     253
The End     260
Epilogue: Life in Hiding     263