Yardie Drug Factory

For the other Yardie owned interior, see Rivington Street Crackhouse.

Outside of the Yardie Drug Factory in the front yard.

The Yardie Drug Factory is an interior featured in The Getaway that is located on Holywell Row, Shoreditch. The factory can also be entered via a back door from an alleyway off Worship Street. It is owned by Jamahl and the Yardies. There is a yard at the front of the building and an alley leading to Worship Street at the back. In The Getaway: Black Monday, a Used Car Yard is found in front of the building.

This particular building is first seen in a cutscene of Mission 5, Taxi for Mr Chai?. Jake Jolson wants Mark Hammond to go and drop off the dead body of Johnny Chai, a member of the Triads, outside the Siu Fung, a Chinese restaurant located on Gerrard Street in Chinatown. This will anger the Triads so they will chase after Mark and try to kill him. Jake tells Mark to lure them to a building on Holywell Row, off of Worship Street, and says that he and some of the boys will be there to help massacre the Triads. Mark believes him but doesn't realise that the building on Holywell Row he is heading to is actually a Yardie base and does not belong to the Bethnal Green Mob. Mark does this job, and lures the Triads over to the base where a gang war erupts between the two gangs. This happens in Mission 6, Out of the Frying Pan. Mark takes cover as the two gangs kill each other in the front yard of the building and then he finishes any gang member left off. After the war is over and all of the gang members have been killed, Mark leaves the yard, enraged at Jake, and swears to kill him for nearly getting him killed. Mark then receives a phone call from Harry who tells him about his next job. This occurs in the opening cutscene from Mission 7, Filthy Business. After Harry explains to Mark what he has to do, Mark grabs a vehicle and escapes the area just as the police arrive to deal with the aftermath of it all. This is the last time the Yardie Drug Factory is seen in Mark's story.

The entrance to the front yard of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The Yardie Drug Factory later returns in Frank Carter's story in Mission 18, The Vigilante. Clive McCormack has had two rookies called Ryan and Harris case the drug factory. Due to their inexperience, the Yardies had captured them and were torturing them for information. After McCormack suspended Frank in the opening cutscene of this mission, Frank is approached by a Policewoman who tells him that they can't get a hold of the rookies. Frank then decides that he is going to go in after them, even though he is suspended. Frank arrives on Worship Street and enters the Yardie Drug Factory via the back from an alleyway on Worship Street. He kills all the Yardies inside the building and heads to the top floor where he finds the two rookies who have been badly tortured but are still alive. While Frank rescues them, Mark and the Triads arrive at the front yard outside, and the gang war erupts. Frank then shoots his way out of the Yardie Drug Factory and escorts the two rookies safely back to Worship Street during Mission 19, Stalking McCormack. As Frank leaves, Mark also leaves the area and police backup arrives to clear up the mess. Frank leaves Harris and Ryan in the safe hands of the police and returns to Snow Hill Police Station to deal with McCormack. After Frank leaves, the Yardie Drug Factory is not seen again.

Because all the Yardies at the building were killed by the end of The Getaway, and the police had taken over and secured the area, it is likely the Yardies lost this hideout once and for all. The police presumably cleared up the mess and secured the area, as well as taking possession of the drugs inside.

The Used Car Yard in The Getaway: Black Monday.

In The Getaway: Black Monday, the Yardie Drug Factory building remains intact, however, the front yard wall and entrance have been completely demolished and in front of the drug factory building is now a Used Car Yard. The dead body of Suzie Hammond from the first game can be found amongst the garbage bags in a room on the ground floor of the Yardie Drug Factory, behind the Used Car Yard. In front of the Used Car Yard and on the right is the place where the results for each Race are shown in the Special Features mode, Race. The alleyway leading to the Yardie Drug Factory from Worship Street is sealed off by barriers, preventing access via this route.

It is therefore ultimately unknown what became of the Yardie Drug Factory. Although the front yard where the gang battle between the Yardies and Triads has been revamped, the building itself remains intact and appears as it did in the first game. It is possible the Yardies are still in charge of this building, and could also be operating the Used Car Yard as an illegal front. However, it is also possible they no longer own this building, and someone else has taken over.

Mission Appearances

• Taxi for Mr Chai?
• Out of the Frying Pan
• Filthy Business
• The Vigilante
• Stalking McCormack

Gallery

Close-up of the front of the Yardie Drug Factory.

Outside of the Yardie Drug Factory seen from the front yard.

The entrance to the front yard of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The entrance to the front yard of the Yardie Drug Factory seen from Holywell Row.

The front yard of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The front of the Yardie Drug Factory with the door open.

The front door entrance to the Yardie Drug Factory with a staircase leading to the first floor.

A view of the front yard seen from the front door of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The alley on Worship Street leading to the back of the Yardie Drug Factory.

View of the alleyway on Worship Street leading to the back of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The Yardie Drug Factory seen at the end of the alleyway.

The back entrance to the Yardie Drug Factory.

The back of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The back entrance to the Yardie Drug Factory with the door open.

The hallway on the ground floor of the Yardie Drug Factory connecting the back entrance to the front entrance.

The ground floor stairwell leading to the first floor in the Yardie Drug Factory.

The hallway on the first floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

The entrance to a room where weed is being grown on the first floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

A room used for growing weed plants on the first floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

Close up of the weed plants being grown at the back of the room.

Another view of the weed plant room on the first floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

Loud speakers found in the room. If shot at and destroyed the song stops playing.

Wider view of the speakers found in the weed plant room.

The first floor stairwell leading to the second floor in the Yardie Drug Factory.

First room on the second floor of the Yardie Drug Factory which is a lab used for making crack.

Close-up of the lab being used for making crack on the second floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

Another view of the crack lab.

A wider view of the crack lab seen from a different angle.

A view through a window into a second room on the second floor of the Yardie Drug Factory. This is the room Ryan and Harris are tortured in.

The second room at the back of the second floor of the Yardie Drug Factory.

Wider view of the back room, it appears to be a storage room for lab equipment and crack-making supplies.

A supply of crack pouches found in the storage room ready for distribution. A bag full of them is also seen.

A view of the back door from inside the Yardie Drug Factory which leads to the alleyway that connects to Worship Street.

The Used Car Yard in The Getaway: Black Monday.

Writing on a wall in front of the Used Car Yard that is advertising the business.

The Used Car Yard building seen in front of the Yardie Drug Factory.

A row of podiums for race rankings as part of the Special Features Race mode.

Close-up of the Used Car Yard building.

Behind the Used Car Yard building revealing an open entrance to the Yardie Drug Factory.

Inside the Yardie Drug Factory in The Getaway: Black Monday. The dead body of Suzie Hammond is also seen.

The dead body of Suzie Hammond seen amongst garbage bags.

View of the alleyway on Worship Street leading to the back of the Yardie Drug Factory as seen in The Getaway: Black Monday.

The back of the Yardie Drug Factory seen from the alleyway in The Getaway: Black Monday. Barriers prevent you from approaching.

Trivia

• The Yardie Drug Factory gets its name from a Mission Briefing Objective for Mission 18, The Vigilante. The objective reads as follows: "Go to the Yardie drug factory." The policewoman in the opening cutscene of the mission refers to the building as a "Crackhouse". However, the building is also used for growing weed and not just crack.
• Jake Jolson tells Mark Hammond to lure the Triads to "Holywell Street off of Worship". However, the name of the road is actually called Holywell Row, not Holywell Street. Worship is also called Worship Street, not just Worship, which could suggest where the mix-up came from.
• The in-game Mission Briefing Objective also incorrectly lists the location as Holywell Street instead of Holywell Row. The objective reads as follows in the mission, Out of the Frying Pan: "Lure the Triads to Holywell Street." While it can be expected that the character of Jake Jolson could make this mistake, the in-game objective getting the name of the road wrong appears to be a genuine mistake.
• Only the physical copy of the game's map of London shows the correct name of the road as Holywell Row.