# Aggi Crew

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{{Short description|Criminal drug gang in Bristol}}
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The '''Aggi Crew''' were a criminal drug gang based in the [St Paul's](/source/St_Pauls%2C_Bristol) district of [Bristol](/source/Bristol). The name of the gang is an abbreviation of aggravated burglary ("doing an aggi") according to its former leader.

== History ==
The gang dominated the city's drug market throughout most of the 1990s, until in 1998 six gang members were jailed after being caught with more than a £1 million worth of [crack cocaine](/source/crack_cocaine). The power vacuum that this created was quickly filled by [Yardie](/source/Yardie) gangs such as the Hype Crew and Mountain View Posse. Upon their release from prison the Aggi crew quickly set on reclaiming their old territory. Carrying guns and wearing [balaclavas](/source/Balaclava_(clothing)), the gangsters went around local bars such as the Black Swan and the Malcolm&nbsp;X Centre and announced the yardies would now have to pay a daily tax of £50 per yardie and £100 per business being run. The yardies did not agree with this however and stormed a cafe run by the Aggis, which doubled as a front for an illegal [gambling](/source/gambling) operation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/10/drugsandalcohol.ukcrime|title=The war on crime: at the frontline|first=Nick|last=Davies|date=July 10, 2003|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}</ref> Thus was started a small-scale turf war which included a number of shootings, during the course of which the two Aggi crew members robbed the notorious [Black and White Café](/source/Black_and_White_Caf%C3%A9), a known local drugs haunt, and later shot [fireworks](/source/fireworks) at the building in an attempt to provoke the yardies into a full-on gunfight. The escalating violence prompted armed police patrols in the St Paul's area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2665251.stm|title=Armed police on Bristol streets|date=January 16, 2003|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> However the patrols were soon withdrawn, as the Aggi crew members were arrested again for violating their parole and the turf war ended.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/feb/09/drugsandalcohol.tonythompson|title=Britain's most dangerous hard drug den|first1=Tony|last1=Thompson|date=February 9, 2003|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}</ref>

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Category:Organised crime groups in England
Category:History of Bristol
Category:St Pauls, Bristol

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