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OPERATION PLAYBOY

trafficking drugs between Indonesia, Holland and Brazil. Andre was his first big catch.

Inside the house, cops were searching and Chief Caieron was asking Andre where he kept his money. Andre hoped this was a sign the cop was interested in cutting a deal, unaware at this point of the scale of the investigation.

'Okay, let's go to my bedroom.' Andre led them through into his opulent stone and marble en-suite. They uncuffed him so he could reveal his hiding spot. He tweaked invisible locks on a marble bench and, like magic, it floated down the stone wall, revealing a safe behind it.

Andre put in the code, opened it and was brusquely told to stand back. Chief Caieron rifled though the safe, finding documents and his passport, but no cash or drugs.

Heading back to the living room, Andre had a quiet word to Chief Caieron, offering him €150,000 to leave now and take his men. The Narcotics boss had worked hard on this, he'd personally instigated Operation Playboy, and even if he'd wanted to take the cash, his hands were tied. 'No, I cannot. A lot of people are involved in this operation and I need to put somebody in the media.'

Back in the living room, the men told Andre to sit down on his wooden Balinese daybed, covered in cushions, as they kept searching his house. Chief Caieron started using the Federal Police's well-known tactic of mind games.

This cop, Fernando Caieron, is a specialist in this kind of mental pressure. He doesn't give one slap to anyone, doesn't punch anyone, just uses pressure on the mind.

- Andre

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