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They get you too?

I was working covertly, buying drugs in a big city as part of an ongoing operation. I'd bought dope from a guy a number of times, and he knew me quite well. He got locked up at the end of the operation and was told he had been selling to a police officer. Regardless, he pleaded not guilty and we went to court for the trial.

I saw him outside the court. I was dressed in a suit, had my great big A4 Police notebook under my arm and was walking with the Crown Prosecutor.

I said, "Hey man, what's up?"

He said, "Bro', did they get you too?"

I cracked up laughing, at which point his drug-infused brain finally put two and two together. He changed his plea. Catching baddies isn't always that easy, but it can be fun.

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