Gangsters Killers And Me

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Gerard Gallacher served as a police officer in Glasgow from the 1980s & three decades onwards. It was the time when drugs seized hold of the city & a new set of ruthless criminals were threatening to take control. There was still the usual violence of the city to deal with including domestic violence gang warfare & robbery but it was the huge increase in drug use that defined the times & led to many of the most notorious incidents in the citys criminal past. & Gerard Gallacher was in the thick of the action. As a detective Gallacher knew & dealt with all the major criminals of the times; including Arthur Thompson & his son Arthur Jnr Tam Mc Graw Paul Ferris Joe Hanlon & Bobby Glover. He gave evidence at Ferris murder trial he discovered that Arthur Thomson was a Security Services asset & was the first detective on the scene when Hanlon & Glover were murdered. He delivered the police warning to infamous criminal Frank Mc Phie to tell him that his life was in danger a warning that went unheeded. Gallacher was also involved in countless other high profile investigations including the notorious drugs feud between former friends Tony Mc Govern & James Stevenson which ended in assassination. This is a compelling account of a police career at the sharp end of the action by a detective who wouldnt toe the line. & as well as giving his forthright views on the less than exemplary conduct of some senior officers Gallacher now reveals what really happened behind the scenes in some of the countrys most high profile cases.