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One of the three covert officers closed the door gently behind him. They’d be in and out within a few minutes. It was yet another way in which things could move very quickly indeed when they had to. He knew nothing of the operation this was a part of, and wasn’t aware of whose flat he was in.
He hadn’t been told by his superiors that he was there to bug the home of a serving police officer, although it was easy enough to spot whenever that was the case. There’d often be paperwork left lying about, perhaps a staff pass or the telltale shift pattern marked out on the calendar in the kitchen. It was all part of the job. If there were corrupt officers in the force, they needed to be rooted out.
The covert operation had been authorised almost instantly, and was being headed by DCS Andrew
