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Drug 'zombies' borough living hell
Scottish Daily Express
|August 09, 2025
A DANGEROUS mix of drugs is turning one of Britain's poshest areas into a crime-ridden zombieland.
Residents in Westminster, where house prices average £1.5million, are petrified of drug users who dump human waste in blocks of flats.
Addicts on crack, spice and heroin terrify passersby in their slumped-over state on the steps of the Archbishop's House residence of Catholic leader in England and Wales Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
Pushers offer a drug hit for as little as £5 as deals are done in the open, while users are said to break into a housing association block run by the L&Q group. A police Community Support Officer said: "There's a lot of availability of drugs, and the prices are much lower than you'd expect." He claimed users steal to buy drugs, saying: "There's a kind of low-level crime spin-off...and people are increasingly frustrated.
This story is from the August 09, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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