About this episode
Britt Elmore, a former undercover narcotics detective, reveals the inner workings of undercover operations in drug enforcement.
Britt Elmore, former undercover narcotics detective, spent years embedded inside the operations most people only see in crime dramas — building cases against dealers, managing informants, and navigating the moral gray zones that define modern drug enforcement. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on how undercover operations really work: the mechanics of infiltrating criminal networks, the fragile trust between officers and informants, and how drugs move from international suppliers all the way down to local street corners. He traces the full supply chain of the underground drug economy — and explains why it continues to evolve faster than law enforcement can keep up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Mariana van Zeller
Guest: Britt Elmore
Topics covered
- undercover operations
- drug enforcement
- criminal networks
- moral dilemmas
- drug supply chain
Keywords
- undercover cop
- narcotics detective
- drug economy
- informants
- criminal operations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Megaphone
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