Ex Gangster On The £80 Million Drug Deal That Got Him Arrested

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Frank Stedman was working as a drug dealer in Essex when he was
caught by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in one the biggest
undercover drug stings in British history.


After a stint on the run in Thailand, he was apprehended upon his
return at Heathrow Airport and convicted for his involvement in a
major drug deal involving 299 kilos of cocaine, worth an
estimated £80 million in street value. After nearly a decade in
prison, Frank has since turned things around; he now runs his own
scaffolding business and shares his story publicly in a bid to
avoid young people following in his footsteps.


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