CRACK HOUSE

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THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO TOOK ON LONDON’S CRACK GANGS AND WON.

The Bastard offspring of Cocaine, Crack first entered the UK in the early 1990s. By the end of the decade, Britain’s inner cities were in the midst of a crack epidemic, with users being responsible for a massive proportion of crime. 95 percent of street shootings are crack related, for example. Communities especially in London, were crying out for help, but there were only two specialist units in the whole of the capital.

One of them Haringey Drugs Squad, embarked on a war on crack, aiming to shut down all 100 crack houses in their borough in one year. Amazingly, they did it. Even more amazingly in the subsequent twelve months all black on black killings in Haringey ceased, and burglaries and muggings fell massively.

Narrated by the leader of this team, Crack House Describes in heart stopping fashion a series of breathtaking raids as well as arrests, beatings stabbings and shootings. Featuring a colourful team of family men and women who regularly faced death, Crack House takes the reader into the dark heart of our cities most violent and terrifying places, showing how the war on drugs can only be  won by constant and forceful vigilance.

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Authored by Harry Keeble with Kris Hollington. Published by Simon & Schuster of London in 2008. Soft cover bound, this First Edition copy is in Fine condition, covered in plastic, with an illustrated cover. The size of the book is 232x154x21mm, with 273 pages including the index. ISBN 9781847371195. Edges slightly yellowed. A fascinating book written by the leader of the Drug Squad.