Suspect cannot be taken into custody, as it is believed that she has swallowed the rest of the drugs and is awaiting an ambulance. Swallowing drugs in order to avoid arrest could be fatal, yet it is a common thing amongst dealers and users.
Working closely with the community, police are cracking down on crack houses and violent crime, which is usually related to drugs. But Brixton is still a place to go and buy drugs. Cannabis, crack, heroin… anything goes and you do not have to ask for it. It’s being offered on the street and it has never been cheaper. For one rock of crack and a 10 minute high, you will pay as little as £10.
The market is flooded with Afghanistan’s finest, after a bumper crop and the fall of the Taliban regime. In the past, Afghanistan used to supply 80% of the world’s consumption of heroin. No doubt it will again. But as Pastor Les Isaac says, “There are those young men we’ve lost and the only thing we can do is to lock them up, but there has always got to be hope.”