Traffik: The Courier

Record ID: 126831
  • Title: Traffik: The Courier
  • Date: 17th July 1989
  • Summary: JACK returns to Britain and is sacked for his extraordinary behaviour in Pakistan. While away his wife has moved out, and CAROLINE has run away from the clinic. In Germany, ULLI believes he has trapped HELEN and intercepts what he thinks is her heroin shipment. But HELEN has double crossed everyone, and the heroin shipment is actually bound for England. In Pakistan, FAZLE'S wife SABERA has agreed to smuggle heroin for TARIQ BHUT in return for the promise that he will secure FAZLE's release from prison. But some of the heroin leaks during the flight to Britain, and though the shipment is a great success for HELEN, it results in SABERA's death.
  • Description:TRAFFIK is a 6 part drama serial about the international heroin trade,set in 3 countries. The story begins with a major drugs ring being destroyed,then tellshow the route reforms again over the next six months. `
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Picture Partnership Productions LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 6
  • Transmission Date:17/07/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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