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As the sun started to set on a long day, Jack felt his eyes stinging with tiredness.
‘Right,’ he said, addressing his team. ‘I’ve had enough for one day. We’ve made good progress, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Steve, can you organise for surveillance to be put on Connor French, please. The boy’s running scared. Whether he thinks he’s next or not, I don’t know, but I’m pretty certain he’s going to make contact with someone at some point. We haven’t got the budget for a physical tail, but let’s get his phone and social media monitored. See who he’s talking to. Live intercepts if we can.’
Steve nodded and wrote down a few notes. In an age where concerns over privacy and personal data were rising at the same rate as a desire for tougher law enforcement, it was impossible to balan
