Police to aim drugs crackdown on Yardie community

Title

Police to aim drugs crackdown on Yardie community

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Report on UK police concern over criminal activity, particularly drug dealing, by Jamaican Yardies. Detective Chief Superintendent John Brennan of Scotland Yard, present at a conference of the Association of Chief Police Officers, describes their criminal activity and says it is not a race issue. Hugh Dofficey(?) of the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse (SCODA) talks about the war against drugs, including their legalisation, and the Yardies. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Brennan; Hugh Dofficey(?)

Keywords

Crime; Police; Conferences; Illegal drugs; Cocaine; Jamaica; Yardies; SCODA; Standing Conference on Drug Abuse

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