High Street mini-marts selling cocaine, cannabis and prescription drugs, BBC secret filming reveals
Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say.
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"We can't restore our High Streets unless we take out the cancer of organised crime."
— Liam Byrne , Politician
"I've got weed, coke, everything. Whatever you want, I can sort you out."
— Akwa , Other
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Across the UK, shopfronts are being exploited by criminal gangs pushing illegal drugs, experts say.
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