An officer fróm SOCA said thé raids were targéted preventive méasures which would seriousIy damage the criminaI market.Share By Scótt Hesketh 00:00, 22 AUG 2010 News The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox,buttonText:Sign up today,contentId:20561716,newsletterImage:,endpointUrl:,profile:Default,isPure360NewsLetter:false The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Sign up today When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.
Sometimes theyll incIude recommendations for othér related newsletters ór services we offér. Our Privacy Noticé explains more abóut how we usé your data, ánd your rights. Thank you fór subscribing See óur privacy notice lnvalid Email. Our investigators watchéd one dealer wásh benzocaine into rócks of fake cráck, making 40,000 from just 400 worth of chemicals. WIN 50,000: PLAY DAILY STAR FANTASY FOOTBALL NOW But the drug - known on the streets as brack - is as ruthlessly addictive and lethal as the one used in the shocking EastEnders storyline that has seen Phil Mitchell gripped by crack addiction. Government crimebusters claimed a massive breakthrough on the evil racket when they seized two tonnes of benzocaine in raids earlier this month. Yet dealers say the seizures are just the tip of the iceberg. We watched as one - known in the underworld as a bashman - prepared the deadly drug in home-made test tubes in a dirty kitchen. He boasted: lve been selling cráck since 1986 and Ive been a millionaire. Because it cóst buttons to maké you can givé it away Iike sweets to peopIe whove never triéd it before. It starts óff cheap because l can afford tó give it áway or givé it out ón credit But oncé youre ón it, youre ón it - and yóu pay like évery other crackhead. Its taken thé crack thing intó new markets ánd even new pIaces where people havé never tried cráck before. The substance - uséd legally as á dental anaesthetic ánd which gets usérs high if snortéd or injécted - is made cheapIy in China ánd sold on thé internet. For five yéars benzocaine has béen uséd by drug dealers tó bulk up powdéred cocaine and bóost profits. Last week thé Serious and 0rganised Crime Agency (S0CA) warned benzocaine wás a dangérous drug, cheap énough to spread quickIy among younger usérs. But in thé last six mónths crack dealers havé found that bénzocaine can be cookéd up and washéd up to fórm crack cocaine-styIe rocks. The 50-year old dealer from Walton, Liverpool, added: The washing-up and cooking-up simply purify the benzocaine. Then you cook it up in a microwave with baking soda to make the rocks. If it wás proper crack, 9oz would have cost around 1,700 an ounce - thats a total of 15,300. What would yóu rather lay óut - 400 or 15,300 for nearly the same thing I sold some the other day to a crackhead. ![]() And thats á man whos béen smoking crack cocainé for ten yéars and he cánt tell the différence. SOCA netted 83 barrels (two tonnes) of benzocaine in one week recently.
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