Undercover Cop On Infiltrating Gangs, Fake Identities & Violent Criminals | Minutes With

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  • In this episode of Minutes With, we sat down with Peter Bleksley, a former Scotland Yard Detective, who worked undercover infiltrating drug gangs in the UK for years. He opens up on having to taking drugs whilst undercover, the most dangerous operations he was part of, and the state of British policing.
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  • @GayFrogsTho
    @GayFrogsTho 2 місяці тому +45

    "You do not want to be stoned, eating four boxes of Maltesers and talking nonsense about understanding modern jazz"
    Couldn't agree more

    • @josephparisi1458
      @josephparisi1458 Місяць тому

      This quote is the story of my life tbh

    • @emilyjane9901
      @emilyjane9901 Місяць тому +3

      Speak for yourselves😂

    • @mgnwill
      @mgnwill 18 днів тому

      Just imagine if, under the influence, you said with a giggle, “Hey, and by the way, I’m an undercover cop!”

    • @rasmussrensen2029
      @rasmussrensen2029 18 днів тому

      That line was straight out of disco elysium

  • @__doc___
    @__doc___ 6 місяців тому +200

    I met Peter about 6 years ago at one of his book events. He expressed the exact same views as this video then, regarding legalisation and regulation of drugs. I met him after and had a quick chat, told him I was applying for the police. He was so supportive and give me a great insight into what the job is. I’ve been an officer ~4 years now and I still think about the things he said when I met him.
    Even with a short length of service I can already see the failings of ‘the war on drugs’. As a patrol cop I’ve dealt with some pretty crazy situations. All in all it’s a great job, as long as you enjoy your part. Remember you’re a small cog in a big machine and do what you think is right everyday with conviction.
    Great video!

    • @ts5171
      @ts5171 6 місяців тому

      Peter is full of shit mate, everything he does is for money just like his hunt for Kevin, the man’s obviously dead

    • @snoopy2072
      @snoopy2072 6 місяців тому +1

      Truth is there is no war on drugs. Everything is in place intentionally and you’re nothing but a pawn in a corrupt elitist system.

    • @mattvjmeasures
      @mattvjmeasures 5 місяців тому +8

      Thank you for doing the job you do. Very much appreciated 👍.

    • @georgesmith8268
      @georgesmith8268 5 місяців тому +2

      You sound like a top cop!

    • @Munchey11
      @Munchey11 5 місяців тому +4

      If you look at the news today you will see Switzerland are looking to be the first country to make coke legal and to see over the counter. They say nothing else has changed over the years so they are going to see if this has an effect.

  • @DennisTheMenace-1999
    @DennisTheMenace-1999 5 місяців тому +61

    This man took down some of Manchester most ruthless gangsters.

  • @rockyives6032
    @rockyives6032 4 місяці тому +17

    Such a articulate man. Could listen to him for hours !

    • @clarejones2421
      @clarejones2421 10 днів тому

      @rockyibes32 Have you seen his interview on James English’s podcast? Great podcast

  • @mattwilkinson5858
    @mattwilkinson5858 6 місяців тому +75

    Blimey he is convincing, when he was talking about how he is there to do business I was nearly apologising to the screen

  • @Leokyriacou14
    @Leokyriacou14 6 місяців тому +138

    i Could sit down with this gentleman and just listen to his stories ... So much respect for him!

    • @jono77
      @jono77 4 місяці тому

      Yes Jackie's birthday the "secret code word" sounds like a true story no one would have suspected a thing

    • @clarejones2421
      @clarejones2421 10 днів тому

      Have you listened to him on James English’s podcast? Great podcast

  • @bbocjcp
    @bbocjcp 6 місяців тому +14

    As someone who lived in "Saaf Lundun" for many years, I can attest that Peter is a top bloke.

  • @rachD19
    @rachD19 5 місяців тому +10

    “If you can’t lie, don’t apply”
    I need that on a t shirt

  • @adamredwine774
    @adamredwine774 6 місяців тому +11

    Incredible. I love this series. Keep up the good work.

  • @einienj3281
    @einienj3281 6 місяців тому +55

    "To catch the squirrel, one must become the squirrel."
    - A smart dog.

    • @gun30t
      @gun30t 4 місяці тому +1

      To become a squirrel, one must first see a squirrel.

  • @i_smoke_ghosts
    @i_smoke_ghosts 6 місяців тому +1

    im glad i watched till the end and mosdef agree with him. thank you for this upload!

  • @penoyer79
    @penoyer79 3 місяці тому +2

    This man is the embodiment of hardline detective/undercover investigator.

  • @andypandy9013
    @andypandy9013 6 місяців тому +2

    Excellent. Thank you. 👍

  • @martintaylor1758
    @martintaylor1758 5 місяців тому +4

    Riveting interview. The mind boggles as you what goes on. Thanks for this.

  • @marcusgarner1
    @marcusgarner1 6 місяців тому +10

    We need this speech on the necessity of legalisation and regulation of currently illegal drugs as a good, short, and sharable soundbite for people to share on social media !

  • @googleisshittoss
    @googleisshittoss 6 місяців тому +44

    I've listened to quite a bit of Mr Bleksley's interviews, and every one has left me feeling that the World is a better place because of him, and others like him.

  • @brittanyp9334
    @brittanyp9334 5 місяців тому +3

    Phenomenal!!! I couldn't agree more!!!

  • @nadinex
    @nadinex 6 місяців тому +7

    I’ve always been such a big fan of Peter Bleksley! Incredible interview ☺️

  • @mickeybee
    @mickeybee 5 місяців тому +5

    Crazy how different times are regarding job application processes. Out-of-the-blue, fills in a cadet application form, with presumably zero relevant experience/training/qualifications, and a few weeks later, has started a career that sets you up for life! How times have changed! The hoops you have to jump through these days, and the background checks, just to get your foot-in-the-door..... truly is a different world.
    (I just want to emphasise, I am not belittling this man's achievement - he's clearly extremely dedicated, talented, professional and driven, hence why he got to where he has - I'm just pointing out how different the process of *starting* a career was then, compared to now).

  • @phatshaddo6067
    @phatshaddo6067 6 місяців тому +25

    Incredible interview. I always love the interviews on this channel. Keep up the great work!!

  • @theelement6255
    @theelement6255 6 місяців тому +20

    Man, this channel is always bringing the fire content❤️

  • @djmastergroove946
    @djmastergroove946 6 місяців тому +5

    Peter Bleksley has had an incredible life. I read his book a couple of years ago and I couldn't put it down! Really interesting I highly recommend it 👍🏻 top bloke.

  • @tomrailton9201
    @tomrailton9201 6 місяців тому +2

    That was a brilliant video. I was born and bred in Brixton. I would love to meet Peter he is an amazing bloke. Take care and stay safe mate. Tom.

  • @contezelig
    @contezelig 4 місяці тому +1

    Absolute respect for this person.

  • @roundtheloopandback
    @roundtheloopandback 6 місяців тому +52

    This man knows his stuff, totally comment at 21:13 onwards are in my opinion completely accurate, and there needs to be a complete shift in thought around drugs in this country (UK)

  • @zingo2664
    @zingo2664 3 місяці тому +1

    Peter is terrific !!! love his comments.... very intelligent man. 10/10

  • @ritaparker478
    @ritaparker478 14 днів тому

    My admiration and gratitude to you Sir.

  • @jayt6200
    @jayt6200 3 місяці тому +2

    To be mixing with some of the people he was mixing with whilst being a copper… this man has balls like King Kong

  • @jaythomas669
    @jaythomas669 6 місяців тому +1

    Came to my uni a couple of weeks ago, class bloke

  • @joes1988
    @joes1988 6 місяців тому +13

    Brilliance, a man who understands "the war on drugs"

  • @sceptile4204
    @sceptile4204 6 місяців тому +2

    I just feel so sorry for him at the end built his whole career on what he loved for him to say it was a waste of time what it entailed

  • @TrKz_m
    @TrKz_m 5 місяців тому +3

    9:10 quite a suspiciously specific example lmao

  • @ericaolsen9177
    @ericaolsen9177 6 місяців тому

    I could listen to him for hours

  • @Milkydrummer
    @Milkydrummer 6 місяців тому

    What a character! Love him!

  • @meltcat15
    @meltcat15 5 місяців тому +1

    What an interesting man. And I love that tie ❤️

  • @user-xo4xe2uz7w
    @user-xo4xe2uz7w 3 місяці тому

    His conclusion on the war of drugs is great, i couldn't have said it better!!! When will politicians Catch Up to this mindset?

  • @weateallthepies
    @weateallthepies 5 місяців тому

    Bleks! I used to be a regular at the same pub, he was certainly a character.

  • @mrcurely
    @mrcurely 2 місяці тому +2

    Isn't it amazing that some mothers can have a sense of what could be a career for their children? A rough lad, but she could still see police in him.

  • @davidpierce7581
    @davidpierce7581 6 місяців тому +1

    Met him once. Top bloke

  • @Clasteau
    @Clasteau 5 місяців тому +4

    As a former worker in the substance abuse treatment field who lost his job due to lack of funding, hell yeah, he's 100 percent right.
    By the time I was laid off, we were the last detox facility in the state. Now we have none in this state. The insurance company has more to say about when they are done with inpatient than before.

  • @daviddavis7710
    @daviddavis7710 16 днів тому

    Brilliant.

  • @andrewbrown5300
    @andrewbrown5300 6 місяців тому +5

    Most people will only know him from hunted and not know he actually had a successful career beforehand

  • @Maulzy23
    @Maulzy23 6 місяців тому

    "Ripping the granny out of life". Nice. Love listening to this man.

  • @nairemlap533
    @nairemlap533 6 місяців тому +2

    Legalise and regulate!!!!! As this gentleman said, that is the ONLY option now.

  • @terryblack2219
    @terryblack2219 5 місяців тому

    Top bloke lot respect

  • @richieh2006
    @richieh2006 5 місяців тому +1

    What a gem! 🤣

  • @lukasschallibaum5046
    @lukasschallibaum5046 4 місяці тому +1

    He should record audio books. Amazing voice

  • @thedinkydreads9351
    @thedinkydreads9351 6 місяців тому +6

    It's amazing how many of these police interviews agree that the war on drugs was a waste of time

  • @danmuzz
    @danmuzz 5 місяців тому +3

    I know this guy!! I sold him some gear back in the day!

  • @widgetno1
    @widgetno1 5 місяців тому

    What a delight

  • @jackgilhome4121
    @jackgilhome4121 5 місяців тому +6

    I love how much he had to emphasise the amount of “practice” he had at racking up lines 😂 sat at home with flour my arse

  • @leswilcock7327
    @leswilcock7327 2 місяці тому

    Listen to this guy he knows what he is talking about

  • @philiplees6350
    @philiplees6350 5 місяців тому

    Wise words

  • @stevenmaritz759
    @stevenmaritz759 5 місяців тому

    This Geezer is now my hero

  • @peterjohncollyer3528
    @peterjohncollyer3528 25 днів тому

    This guy was gettting bang on it when he was undercover 🤣

  • @westnilesnipes
    @westnilesnipes 6 місяців тому +6

    Being stoned and eating four boxes of Maltesers, spouting nonsense about understanding modern jazz sounds like a good time 😂😂

  • @mindofjerry5476
    @mindofjerry5476 6 місяців тому +2

    He is straight out of a Guy Ritchie film it’s incredible

  • @steveluetchford602
    @steveluetchford602 6 місяців тому

    Blesks is brilliant

  • @JOHNBOYC2
    @JOHNBOYC2 6 місяців тому +1

    Should be doing audiobooks

  • @georgepowell2504
    @georgepowell2504 6 місяців тому +3

    Is this a re upload? Defo heard the drug part before

    • @adamredwine774
      @adamredwine774 6 місяців тому

      They've had a couple of interviewees who have had very similar messages.

  • @Gundumb_guy
    @Gundumb_guy 6 місяців тому +9

    It’s sad that we will never see that solution to the war on drugs in our life times probably! Very cool that dude is observant enough to understand that the current, and past, methods and of handling drugs was and is an absolute joke! And their are way too many people that make boar loads of money from this war on drugs so the politicians have zero incentive to change anything.

  • @nejw8w9ws
    @nejw8w9ws 6 місяців тому +3

    Dang! At first i thought he was Netanyahu! 😂

  • @monkeysaiyan7605
    @monkeysaiyan7605 6 місяців тому +1

    Hero!

  • @markwoods1504
    @markwoods1504 2 години тому

    Totally agree with Peter legalise Drugs tax it and raise the funds for the exchequer

  • @sceptile4204
    @sceptile4204 6 місяців тому +3

    I swear he's already done one of these with them already ?

  • @dailyamusing235
    @dailyamusing235 6 місяців тому +1

    Hes good at the slang criminal lingo😮

  • @invictusmaneo464
    @invictusmaneo464 5 місяців тому

    Ať pozdravuje! 😊

  • @bm00_
    @bm00_ 6 місяців тому +9

    Why is his tie so abnormally long lol

    • @DLM440
      @DLM440 6 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

    • @joeri2499
      @joeri2499 6 місяців тому

      To cover up his enormous balls, obviously

    • @Here4theComments
      @Here4theComments 6 місяців тому +2

      Because he's sitting down. He must be a very tall man, so when he stands the tie hits the right lenght.

  • @davidocallaghan6361
    @davidocallaghan6361 6 місяців тому +2

    Guy makes a lot of sense. War on drugs is lost. Take the power out of the hands of the cartels. It's the only way forward.

  • @TomFooleryTheAustere
    @TomFooleryTheAustere 5 місяців тому

    He’s like the Bizzaro Bricktop

  • @shanb9550
    @shanb9550 5 місяців тому

    If only govt and other decision makers could take his advice to legalise drugs. Unfortunately cause many govt’s are corrupt and it is not in their interest to legalise the industry, many powerful people would overnight lose empires built on selling drugs if addiction meanwhile average peeps lives are ruined by convictions for smoking a joints etc.

  • @MusicByMoshe
    @MusicByMoshe 2 місяці тому

    I’m from Peckham !

  • @chrissnape9537
    @chrissnape9537 5 місяців тому

    Good fellow. My home Canada has legal weed i hope every other drug is oh and regulated

  • @avaspencer7368
    @avaspencer7368 4 місяці тому

    It's wild to think about how our police force was going undercover to stop people smoking weed....

  • @richardgilbert213
    @richardgilbert213 5 місяців тому

    Jays, Grandad. He completed the police.

  • @ryanclarke136
    @ryanclarke136 3 місяці тому

    Great interview, until the sword shop story, was almost believable up until that point
    “It’s Jackie’s birthday”😂😂

  • @459luker
    @459luker 20 днів тому

    21:42 he's exactly right. Legalizing is the only way.

  • @LiveLethal
    @LiveLethal 6 місяців тому +4

    Very interesting life story. Though I do think the modern perception of the so-called "war on drugs" is often maligned due to unrealistic expectations and goals. It is not a 'war' and thus cannot be won. We can't change human nature, but we can see that justice be done for certain harm caused. Legalization arguments fly in the face of reality and human nature- that when you subsidize/legalize something, you get more of it. And it is a fact that drugs, legal or not, do society harm.

    • @jack6450
      @jack6450 5 місяців тому +1

      That’s precisely where the issue lies, when it comes to a problem of such unquantifiable magnitude as the illegal drugs market, you *can’t* effectively implement justice for the harms it causes.
      It doesn’t matter how many gangsters you lock up, there is simply so much money to be made in the sale and production of these substances that there will always be someone willing to risk it. It’s the policing equivalent of painting the forth bridge.
      Likewise you can’t effectively reduce the demand for these substances either, no matter how many public health campaigns you run people will always get curious, that is human nature.

  • @fpmclovin2014
    @fpmclovin2014 5 місяців тому

    What’s happening with the hunting Spotify series

  • @Will-ic8tm
    @Will-ic8tm 5 місяців тому

    he sounds like Alfie Solomon from Peaky Blinders

  • @growbro365
    @growbro365 6 місяців тому +2

    he couldnt milk it anymore hes still going on

  • @HighWealder
    @HighWealder 20 днів тому

    A wise expert.

  • @kurtthewicked9009
    @kurtthewicked9009 5 місяців тому +3

    That whole thing about "building" the joint with tobacco is total horseshit; for whatever reason he doesn't want to admit to getting high as part of his job. If you work as a CI or undercover LEO on a drug task force you will absolutely be doing drugs, and often.

    • @Whitewidow23
      @Whitewidow23 2 місяці тому

      I was thinking the same thing mate if I was interviewing him I would have asked if that's the case how come all these criminals couldn't smell the weed until u passed the joint lol

  • @davegonnaway6007
    @davegonnaway6007 6 місяців тому +2

    I liked him in dire straits.

    • @joekonderla8842
      @joekonderla8842 Місяць тому +1

      🎵 some geezer called Romeo sang on the streets of souwth Landon…. 🎵

  • @scrumyg22
    @scrumyg22 9 днів тому

    Totally agree with this guy, legalise and control all drugs..cut out the drug barons and save millions of lives

  • @Themonkeychunkspunk
    @Themonkeychunkspunk 4 місяці тому

    Sounds like the "Police Bricktop"
    "

  • @davidlmatteson
    @davidlmatteson 6 місяців тому +2

    Got him with the ole "jackies birthday card" trick. Fooled them dummies

  • @hawkeize
    @hawkeize 4 місяці тому

    “It doesn’t matter if a cat 🐈‍⬛ is black or white, so long as it catches mice” ( Deng Xiaoping )

  • @rebeccahjorleifson3819
    @rebeccahjorleifson3819 6 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @liamtozer6074
    @liamtozer6074 6 місяців тому +2

    I love gear

  • @thegasman7161
    @thegasman7161 10 днів тому

    "So I could build you a spliff like a baby's arm, without a problem"

  • @user-fp6kx6qz9l
    @user-fp6kx6qz9l 5 місяців тому

    I don't believe for a second he didn't do the lines

  • @jaimwah
    @jaimwah Місяць тому

    Improper use of the word ultimate.

  • @spencermackay9020
    @spencermackay9020 6 місяців тому

    I found that 6ft 6 Scouser because he couldn't be bothered.

  • @shivashankara8065
    @shivashankara8065 5 місяців тому

    The police cartel can never eliminate their competition 😂

  • @farahhafeez2300
    @farahhafeez2300 5 місяців тому

    He’s a businessman

  • @Glynlewis-nj5dw
    @Glynlewis-nj5dw 17 днів тому

    Hi peter i have a long criminal history from 1996 to 2018 before when i did something wrong the police would come for me. But now it seems like since they got defunded and all this wokery stepped in they have lost the want for the rule of law. We need to get back to law and order otherwise we are gonna totally crash and burn as a country. Cheers mucker ❤

  • @andreasu.3546
    @andreasu.3546 6 місяців тому +1

    UK police, where the haircuts are short and the ties are long.

  • @dejancetkovic4315
    @dejancetkovic4315 26 днів тому

    talking about taking drugs while undercover was oddly specific

  • @jbrkjferkjbekjb
    @jbrkjferkjbekjb 2 місяці тому

    Lol the contradiction between him saying it’s a waste of time and yet recommending young people to join it?