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Drugs Watch Philippines & UK

Published by Stephen Bentley on October 11, 2017

Drugs watch as a title was prompted by recent events in Bacolod and in Huyton, Liverpool, UK. Then I checked the Huyton news story and I can find no connection to drugs. Huyton is where I grew up and lived for almost the first twenty years of my life. [Update: since writing that I have read the police have recovered a large amount of cash, guns and drugs in Huyton] The Huyton incident involved a seventeen year old being shot in the head while riding on the back of a motorbike – a truly shocking and brutal murder. My first instinct was to think it was drug related. I can be excused for that as the local paper, the Liverpool Echo, carries a gun crime…

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Safety in the Philippines

Published by Stephen Bentley on January 26, 2017

Safety in the Philippines in general and drug-related killings in particular, have been world-wide news lately. Yes, it is a problem but it’s important not to over react. I lived in London for many years and shootings, mainly drug related and often black on black, were common currency and probably still are. Firearms are readily accessible here and so is shabu. Shabu is a form of methamphetamine and is highly addictive. President Duterte has sworn to eradicate the drug trade by use of some controversial methods. As a veteran of the so called “war on drugs,” I am no longer convinced that such a “war” is winnable and the world needs to try alternatives to the present system of prohibition. I have written at some…

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Why Lemmy is Right (and Adam)

Published by Stephen Bentley on January 9, 2016

Lemmy AKA Ian Fraser Kilminster was the founder of Motorhead. Sadly, he died on December 28, 2015, 4 days after his 70th birthday. This post is neither homage to him or his music or Motorhead, although I like all three. The reason for the post is inspired by a very thoughtful email I received from Adam. Adam follows my blog and often leaves comments on my posts. He can be found at his excellent The Retrospective Reel, a blog about film in the digital age. [Note: I am not in the habit of disclosing the content of personal emails. I was so struck by Adam’s observations that I asked his permission to use the edited version of his email. He told me to use it as I wished.} In…

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What is it like to work undercover?

What is it like to work undercover?

Published by Stephen Bentley on December 26, 2015

Undercover Work? – What’s it Like? As an undercover veteran, I was intrigued by this question when I spotted it in a Quora forum. I was even more intrigued by the first of the answers. That answer is reproduced in full below. It is written by Tim Dees, a criminal justice technology writer and consultant. His Quora profile adds that he is a retired police officer and criminal justice college professor, now writing on applications of technology in law enforcement and corrections. Dees is therefore an academic now and a popular one at that! His answers on Quora have exceeded 500k in the past 30 days! He is a retired cop from Reno. A lot of what he says below is correct, but I do take issue with…

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Undercover Cop – What Would You Do Next?

Undercover Cop – What Would You Do Next?

Published by Stephen Bentley on December 7, 2015

Try Your Hand at Being an Undercover Cop As an undercover cop what would you do given the following situation? It happened to me in real life and the detail of the encounter will be revealed in full in my forthcoming book. The chapter will also reveal just what happened and the results. I’ll give you a clue – think out of the box! Undercover cop police work is dangerous, no more so than when you have infiltrated, like me, close to the top echelons of a major drugs cartel. Possibly one of the largest gangs that ever existed, and the work I did certainly helped result in one of the largest seizures of drugs by any law enforcement agency anywhere in the world! Here is…

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My True Undercover Detective Book is One Step Closer

My True Undercover Detective Book is One Step Closer

Published by Stephen Bentley on November 17, 2015

To Being Completed …… Three cheers and a huge hip hurrah for my sister! She arrived in the Philippines last week suitcase full of my important stuff I had left behind in England. The Holy Bible that Dad bought for us all when we were kids. It must have cost a fortune then back in the day and boy! It’s heavy! Five kilograms in weight! I love that Book, not just because of the Scriptures, but also because it is replete with prints of famous Rembrandts and Reubens paintings depicting Biblical scenes. As you are aware, from my newsletter, I have a “forthcoming book” in the pipeline. It is my story. A true story of a remarkable part of my life as an undercover detective…

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Drugs Watch Philippines & UK

Safety in the Philippines

Why Lemmy is Right (and Adam)

What is it like to work undercover?

Undercover Cop – What Would You Do Next?

My True Undercover Detective Book is One Step Closer