Southport was a warning - but police weren’t listening - Peter Bleksley

Southport was a warning - but police weren’t listening - Peter Bleksley

Intelligence gathering can be a grubby business. Sometimes an operative will have to dig into undergrowth, lie there for days looking through binoculars and eating ration packs, whilst doing number twos into cling film, which they have to take away with them. Leave no trace.Undercover cops can spend weeks, months or even years frequenting pubs, dingy industrial estates, places of worship and more, as they gain the trust of career criminals and t…