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Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys

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Defenders UK

Following the work of enforcement officers as they battle to protect the public.

Crooks, cheats and con artists beware! This series follows the work of enforcement officers across the UK as they take on the bad guys and bring them to justice.

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Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys: Series 3: Episode 3

Episode 3

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Officers go undercover to stop retailers selling acid to teenagers.

Officers go undercover to stop retailers selling acid to teenagers. They also track down crooked lettings agents who are pocketing their tenants' money.

As a spate of acid attacks across the UK make the headlines, officers go undercover to stop retailers selling acid to teenagers. In a 3am stop-and-search operation, police take to the streets around Birmingham to target vehicles carrying fake or potentially dangerous imported goods to car boot sales in the region. And officers catch up with mother-and-daughter letting agents in Cornwall who have pocketed a quarter of a million pounds of other people’s money.

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