Operation playboy / Kathryn Bonella.
Publication details: Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2017.Description: ix, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly colour illustrations, portraits, plates ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781743533321
- Operation playboy : the explosive true story of the surfer playboys turned international drug lords, and the cops who hunt them down
- Drug traffic -- Case studies
- Drug control -- Case studies
- Undercover operations -- Case studies
- Drug traffic
- Drug traffic -- Accidents -- Investigation -- Case studies
- Drug traffic -- Investigation -- Case studies
- Drug control
- Undercover operations
- Drug traffic -- Investigation
- Drug dealers
- Drug couriers
- Drug control
- Undercover operations
- Australian
- 363.45 23
- HV8079.N3 B66 2017
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 363.45 BON | Available | 062854 |
"The explosive true story of the surfer playboys turned international drug lords, and the cops who hunt them down"--Cover.
Author's note -- Foreward -- 1 Snowing in Ibiza -- Walk in the park -- 3 Bali -- 4 The attic -- 5 The ultimate sin -- 6 Darcy -- 7 Chief Fernando Caieron -- 8 Blow for bucks -- 9 Flashy in Florianopolis -- Garopaba -- 11 Motherfucker -- 12 Favela girl -- 13 Big eyes -- 14 Bali blow -- 15 On the run -- 16 Operation Playboy kicks off -- 17 Ghostly surfer -- 18 Jessica -- 19 Darcy does blow -- 20 Hanging with Kelly -- 21 Playboy cover girl -- 22 Blondie -- 23 Clown show -- 24 Surfboards in the sky -- 25 Socas Da Silva -- 26 Once, twice ... -- 27 366 -- 28 Global master plan -- 29 On a whim and a prayer 30 The matrix -- 31 Blow boards -- 32 Breaking bad -- 33 Babylon -- 34 Cold case -- 35 Unmasking a drug lord -- 35 Chasing Andre -- 37 Operation connection Netherlands -- 38 War plan playboy -- 39 Unique run -- 40 Fuck fuck fuck -- 41 Waiting for Sandra -- 42 Spear fishing -- 43 The lion and the buffalo -- 44 Scooped -- 45 The one that got away -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements.
Sex. Drugs. Danger. Death. This is the adrenaline-pumping story of the world's most audacious drug runners and the police hunt, 'Operation Playboy', to track them down. These drug-running playboys travel the globe: they ski in Europe, surf in Bali, hook up with celebrity models and live in five-star hotels. They are 24/7 party boys with brass balls, steely nerves and reckless ambitions. They pay for their high-risk, hedonistic lifestyle by trafficking cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana on international flights and through the world's biggest airports. But to ride the wave you have to roll the dice. And in this game a bust means prison - or even a firing squad. A Brazilian cop is watching closely, determined to close the net. With a small team, he battles corrupt colleagues and bent judges to learn the secrets of the playboys and bring about their downfall. Celebrated true-crime writer and journalist Kathryn Bonella has travelled the world to collect first-person testimony from an international network of mules and their bosses, as well as from the elite cops who are hot on their trail.
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