I had a cousin named Buddy. His real name was Darnell, but people in his neighborhood started calling him Buddy after this ugly, flea-infested dog he had. I swear to god that dog had more sores than hair, more fleas than follicles. People started busting on him about that dog, naming him after it. An intimate and detailed account of the business of grey legal marijuana.” — THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING author Matt Taibbi interviewed on Stoner (2/5/2021) Speaking after the case, Detective Inspector Chris Lowe said: "These are significant sentences which reflect the extent of the conspiracy that these men were involved in.

The Secrets and Rules Which Allowed [a] Drug Kingpin to Never Get Caught” — THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING author Matt Taibbi interviewed on Going Underground (3/16/2021) He said Hughes spent around 75% of his income from selling drugs to feed his own habit, which had made him "vulnerable", and he had to pay for his cocaine.One of the reasons for that is the fourth car. He stays tight behind the load car, so police can’t get directly behind him. He’s getting in the way, so they can’t run plates easily. He’s running interference. That’s a rule: Dress like an off-duty Applebee’s waiter. I know what that looks like, because, after all, I’ve worked at Applebee’s. I make even shitty jobs like that work for me. Experience is my education and education is my advantage.

Hughes admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis, and to convert criminal property, and possessing cannabis. Julian Nutter, defending Hughes, said his client's one previous conviction, for drug dealing in Mallorca in 2018, related to him receiving a suspended sentence for having a small amount of MDMA on the Spanish island. I've read a decent amount on the world of narco-crime, with one of the most formative books being ZeroZeroZero, a read that truly exposed the underworkings of something quite complex through an investigative lens. It asks questions about how things work, why things exist, and how power is crucial to both things. The third car is the load. He’s carrying the shit in the trunk. That’s a rule: No drugs inside the passenger area of a car. A corollary to that is, Always drive a car with a trunk. No SUVs. No Muranos. None of that. An ordinary boring sedan with a trunk.Across the globe, millions of people are involved in the brutal, cold-blooded world of drug dealing, but only a small number make life-changing money. Only a few get to the top, make the calls, know how it all works and truly become drugs lords. And even fewer survive. The Inner Workings of Modern Drug Dealing” — THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING author Matt Taibbi interviewed for Merry Jane (2/12/2021) The load car was to be driven by another friend of his, from St. Louis I think. He was practically a high school kid, someone I didn’t know, by the name of Andre. This incredible real-life confession of an actual drug lord tells the full, uncensored story of what it takes to survive a life of crime.

Lays bare the link between organised crime, the state and policing” — THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING featured in Morning Star (7/29/2021) Drug Dealing, the Media, and the Politics of Division” — Matt Taibbi interviewed about THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING on Letters and Politics (9/16/2021)In business, racism is your friend. If you master the nuances of it, you will prevail. Race is everything in America, especially in law enforcement. The 24-year-old even roped in his own dad to act as his private "chauffeur" and a drug courier, because he himself couldn't drive. An entertaining fictional pusher reveals sobering real-life truths” — THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING reviewed by Washington Independent Review of Books (9/3/2021) He said Marshall's family would suffer from his absence, particularly his 16-year-old daughter, and unlike others in the gang, he didn't have an EncroChat phone.

A unique and unbelievable first-hand account of how one man fought his way to the top of the criminal underworld... and what he needed to do to stay there.Gumtree.com Limited is an Appointed Representative of Compare The Market Limited who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Marshall, who also made 10 trips to Cardiff and London, ferrying drugs for the gang, admitted conspiring to supply cocaine. Mr Nutter said Hughes became a dad in March 2018 and was also remorseful and ashamed for "what he's brought to the door of his child and his partner".