Drugs, Guns and Lies
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Drugs, Guns and Lies
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Narrated by:
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Joel Jackson
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By:
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Ben Smith
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Keith Banks
About this listen
A story from the inside when Queensland had the most corrupt police force in the country. This is what it's really like to be an undercover police officer.
'Undercover was like guerrilla warfare; to understand your enemy, you had to walk amongst them, to become them. The trick was to keep an eye on that important line between who you were and who you were pretending to be.'
This is the true story of Keith Banks, one of Queensland's most decorated police officers, and his journey into the drug scene as an undercover operative in the 1980s. In an era of corruption, often alone, with no backup, he and other undercover cops quickly learned to blend into the drug scene, smoking dope and drinking with targets, buying drugs and having dealers arrested. Very quickly, the lines were blurred between his identity as a police officer and the life he pretended to be part of. This is a raw and confronting story of undercover cops who all became casualties of that era, some worse than others, and where not everyone with a badge could be trusted.
©2020 Keith Banks and Ben Smith (P)2020 Allen & Unwin Pty LimitedWhat listeners say about Drugs, Guns and Lies
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-2021
Awesome book
What a great book. Keith is definitely someone you'd love to have a beer with. Thank you for writing it Keith.
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- Lincoln wallace
- 14-04-2021
good book
loved it all the way through. I hope he has written a sequel. all good.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-11-2020
A great story
Some if the best narration ever! A great story, well told, definitely a repeat listen.
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- Kindle Customer
- 15-09-2021
Well told, interesting story
Thankyou for an insightful look into a different world. I really enjoyed this story. Great narration too.
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- Collin
- 22-04-2022
Great book
Very interesting listen , Keith details of what happened was a eye opener and will look for more of his books
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- Jill Robertson
- 02-10-2024
Black, White, and Blue
Though he regularly denies much of a roll in the Melbourne criminal underworld, he also places himself as a negotiator within it and sometimes a financier. His claim of largely disinterested peripheral player is not credible to me. The narrator had interesting inflections, sounded like a Queenslander.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-07-2020
I could not stop listening! finished in 3 days!
I heard an interview with the author on ABC Radio Adelaide. The book sounded very interesting. Listening to the book exceeded all my expectations, I could not stop listening. Brave story and I am glad the author shared it!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-2021
very authentic
As an x Queensland police officer it was a trip down memory lane.
The jargon, the behaviours, the boys club mentality.
Well done. Going to download the next one right now.
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- 19-10-2020
Loved it
Great life stories and an excellent narrator. Really informative and captivating story was told. .
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- Anonymous User
- 20-09-2020
Top Story
well written and gives great insight into the Police under cover program. Well worth a read
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