Exclusive NATIONAL ENQUIRER photos reveal ex-cop, prime suspect Drew Peterson hard at work with a bevy of babes as they 'search' for his missing wife!

Just 12 days earlier the 54-year old ex-cop offered a $25,000 reward for any info on the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy. 

Here, Peterson, awash in whiskey and barmaids conducts a body search at Pom-Poms All American Bar & Grill in Plainfield, Ill.

"Drew was acting like a celebrity - drinking and posing for pictures with the barmaids," bar manager Stephanie Reed told The ENQUIRER.

"He sure didn't seem like a man who missed his wife," said tattooed blonde waitress Corinne Walski.

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