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A top criminal lawyer’s guide to cocaine

Drug-taking is less glamorous when you know how the trade really works

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

21 May 2016

9:00 AM

As a defence silk, I come across some surprisingly intelligent drug dealers. Many of them are highly entrepreneurial and driven, and I’m often left wondering what they might have achieved if only they’d chosen a different career.

Sharp operators are drawn to the narcotics trade because vast profits can be made in very little time.

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