DC Zain Nadir
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Detective Constable Zain Nadir is a character in the ITV drama The Bill. He is played by TJ Ramini.
When Supt. Adam Okaro launched Operation Mercury on the Cole Lane Estate in Sun Hill, an operation focusing on targeting drug crime, one of the main villains on the other side was Adi Mateen. Desperate to catch Mateen, PC Lance Powell kept a close eye on him, which lead to him witnessing a drug dealing taking place between Mateen and the Superintendent. When Okaro didn't turn in the drugs to custody, Powell began to suspect that his own Superintendent could be corrupt. He didn't have much time to moul it over however before him and Mateen were confronted by teenager Jordan Tomlin, whom wa armed with a gun. At that moment, Mateen revealed himself as undercover DC Zain Nadir, working to infiltrate a big-time drug baron. Zain was able to convince Jordan not to use the gun, and he was arrested shortly after fleeing the scene. Zain continued with his undercover operation and was almost gunned down, unaware of the fact that in the short time he disappeared Tomlin had tipped off the drug baron about him being a copper.
Shortly afterwards, Zain decided to accept an offer from DCI Jack Meadows to take up residency in Sun Hill CID. Exceptional and specialising in undercover work, Zain is extremely driven and ambitious, and prefers thinking with his head. While not straight down the line corrupt, Zain has been known to bend the rules and distort the truth to benefit himself on more than one occasion. Meadows realises he needs to be tamed if he is to be kept in CID, and he intends on keeping a close eye on him. Zain's experience on the streets means he is constantly slipping back into undercover mode, and he will find his habit of making up stories from his past a tough one to break.
When friend and colleague Sgt. Dale 'Smithy' Smith engaged in an affair with the wife of a notorious crime boss, Zain attempted to warn him off, however unsuccessfully. When the woman was struck down by a car, Smithy was framed by the crime boss, and Zain became obsessed with finding the evidence to prove his innocence, which involved mainly leaning on what he was convinced was a planted witness. Currently, Zain is undercover posing as a bent copper to infiltrate crime boss Kristen Shaw, however he has found his interest in her is strictly more than professional.
