A former colleague of mine contacted me recently with a story that sparked my attention. I haven't done a deep dive as yet, will do later. In the 1990s he was working undercover in the drug squad and was privy to the everyday goings on and illicit exchange of speed, heroin, cocaine and pseudo base chemicals.(whileUwereSleepingx, Reddit)
I saw a man standing there looking like he was possibly wearing overalls and then what looked like a spray jacket on the top. He had his back turned to me with his gun raised up in the air.
“That is just by way of introducing Alfie Gay and putting him in context. He was a major respected, armed robber, safecracker, and all-around sophisticated crook” (Rule)