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The inside man who turned on Melbourne's last great armed robbery gang

07.19.2022 - By The Age and Sydney Morning HeraldPlay

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What he had was information on a notorious armed robbery crew, known as the gym gang, and he was prepared to talk, if the deal was right. 

He was The Driver, a trusted insider who turned informer on a gang that police still consider one of Melbourne's slickest.

His information would form the basis of a police operation, codenamed Tidelands, which became a cat-and-mouse game straight out of a spy novel. 

Crime reporter John Silvester brings you the final instalment of a special two-part episode of Naked City. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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