A rash of gang wars will break out when lockdown is lifted as cheap drugs flood the market, police fear. A backlog of Class As is set to flood the market as freedom of movement returns, sending street prices tumbling.
Police are braced for a breakout of turf wars as pushers seek to control drug markets across the UK. The alert was sounded by “Britain’s FBI”, the National Crime Agency.
Boss Steve Rodhouse told the Sunday Mirror: “When lockdown is eased we’ll see a lot of organised crime groups trying to bring drugs into the country, potentially as a commodity that’s backed up in the supply chain.
That has potential to cause a reduction in price and maybe a competition between groups. We’ve got well-developed plans to tackle that.” The