'Well, they're going to want to know why one of our clubs had drugs worth about five million bucks in its basement yesterday. Lucky it was a small shipment really - if they're clean, they'll tell us about the investigation they're going to start. If they're dirty, they'll hint that it could be made to go away, at which point, I'll pay them off.'

And if they are clean, he'll...find other leverage. Because there's no fucking way he's closing down his operation now.

'I've already made sure that the rest of the places haven't got anything in them. But not obviously because there'll be people watching them at the moment.'