Drug 'zombies' turn borough into a living hell

A DANGEROUS mix of drugs is turning one of Britain's poshest areas into a crime-ridden zombieland.

- By Adam Toms Pictures by Jeremy Selwyn

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.