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Slack.com slash DHQ. Hello and welcome to episode 268 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam.

So we're very happy new year to you. It's going to be a great year, isn't it? Isn't

it? Of course it is. What could possibly go wrong?

In our first episode of 2022, today we head to South Wales and Swansea, where we again

delve into the murky, murky world of drugs and look again at the violence that accompanies

the UK drugstreet, real violence that destroys real lives.

I would like to thank all my sports at Patreon and especially the new members of this exclusive

club. That is Jamie Wintel, T. Thelwell, Luke Nash, Sasha VS, Bethany Moldun, Cath Baker,

the Zanthay Duncan, Esther R. Edwards and Catherine Fearfield. Thank you so much for supporting

this podcast at Patreon. It is really, really appreciated.

Okay, so now I've heard today, so let's get straight on with setting some context of the

story with our guest a month in the year game. Top of the UK and US singles chart was

Drake with God's plan, and in Australia, the top album was Ed Sheeran.

In the news this month, North Korean leader Kim Yong-un met South Korean officials for

the first time since taking office. Forbes named Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world's

richest person for the first time at $112 billion. A particularly shadowy figure in the

underworld, reviled in some quarters was at number two. Bill Sykes, sorry, Bill Gates.

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