Red Mercury, Part 1
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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Mazar Mahmood's Perverting the Course of Justice
Mazur Mahmood posed as a Bollywood producer for an undercover sting. He promised Tlaiza he could get her into the movies, but only if she got him cocaine. They arrested Tlaiza on June 4, 2013, on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. The case against her fell apart even harder than the red mercury trial. It turns out that Mahmood's driver, Alan Smith, had given a statement to police saying that he had overheard Tlaiza talking about how she hated hard drugs and refused to touch them. After talking to Mahmood, Smith changed his statement, striking out the anti-drug stuff. But we can reveal police and prosecutors had evidence for years
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