Are 95% of the people selling crack on the streets of Brixton black?

[TeeJay]

We seem to have a question that needs answering on another thread. Can anyone help?

[snadge]

We seem to have a question that needs answering on another thread. Can anyone help?

:D

maybe Brixton is the training area for black drug dealers, enabling them to get the menacing approach correct or it could be the hustle an bustle of the streets that enable them to perfect the hissing approach.

they need that training for when they are deployed to the rest of the country where... on my good authority... of course I said it so it is true cos' ....92.5% of drug dealers are white

[TeeJay]

Distribution of cocaine powder within the UK

3.34 Within the UK there are a number of hubs for the distribution of cocaine powder. London is an important hub and is the base for a number of major cocaine traffickers. However, Merseyside, Birmingham and Bristol are also important and cocaine imported from mainland Europe and bound for organised criminals based outside London is likely for the most part to bypass London and go directly to regional distributors. Distribution patterns do not necessarily follow any geographical logic. Criminal networking appears to be the determining factor, with groups preferring to work with those they know and trust. Therefore, even where criminals have moved their operations to a new location, perhaps having been displaced by law enforcement activity, they have continued to source their cocaine from the same trusted sources.

At the wholesale level, cocaine distribution appears to be controlled mainly by British Caucasians and Colombians, although there is evidence of the involvement of other groups. Many of the British Caucasian groups involved import and distribute other Class A and Class C drugs, and in some cases smuggled cigarettes. Cocaine powder is used mostly as a ‘recreational’ drug at ‘street-level’ (the point of sale to low-level dealers and users). A number of wholesale importers and distributors own or have some involvement with pubs and clubs, and use them as outlets.

Distribution of crack cocaine within the UK

3.36 Within the UK, crack cocaine was previously understood to be produced mainly in small quantities just above street-level and quickly sold on to street-level dealers and users. Whilst this is still occurring, crack cocaine is now also being sold in multi-kilo amounts to local criminal groups by others acting as wholesale producers and distributors. The profitability of crack cocaine relative to cocaine powder, and the ease with which it can be produced, mean that those involved in the wholesale importation of cocaine powder will find it attractive to convert it to crack cocaine for onward sale, rather than selling the powder to lower-level crack cocaine producers. The most significant distribution hubs for crack cocaine appear to be London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Wolverhampton; although Bristol, Nottingham and Leeds are also important, with crack cocaine becoming increasingly available throughout the UK, including in rural areas.

3.37 Intelligence indicates that the crack cocaine trade within the UK is becoming complex and dynamic. In addition to the involvement of West Indian groups, the crack cocaine market now involves British Caucasian, West African, and South Asian criminals and groups. All these groups work both independently and collaboratively (and crack cocaine is frequently sold with heroin). In addition to being sold at street level, there are indications of crack cocaine being distributed at a wholesale level, and being imported in wholesale amounts, albeit in small amounts (mainly via post).

3.38 As well as supplying cocaine powder, some of which may be converted into crack cocaine within the UK, British Caucasian criminals are involved in the distribution of crack cocaine within the UK, particularly at street level. West African criminal groups, based mostly in the South East of England though with influence elsewhere, appear to play an increasingly significant part in the supply of both cocaine and crack cocaine. They are involved mostly in importing cocaine from South America and West Africa to sell to multi-kilo buyers, including to groups involved in supplying crack, although there is intelligence indicating that West African groups are also selling crack cocaine at wholesale level. The involvement of South Asian criminals in supplying crack cocaine has also been reported in some areas. Their historical involvement in supplying heroin means that involvement with crack cocaine makes good business sense if the street dealers and users are, to a large extent, the same for both drugs

3.39 There is intelligence to indicate that some Colombian groups are becoming involved in the conversion of cocaine into crack cocaine and then selling it in wholesale amounts. It is too early to say whether this represents a new trend.

page 22, UK THREAT ASSESSMENT THE THREAT FROM SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME 2004/5 - 2005/6 (.pdf download)

National Criminal Intelligence Service: www.ncis.co.uk

[TeeJay]

Oh yeah another question:

Are 95% of the people selling newspapers in Brixton "black"?

[editor]

I don't think this thread is likely to either provide a useful answer or do anything other than extend an unpleasant row.

It's not improbable that someone walking down Coldharbour Lane might exclusively be approached by black crack dealers. Or none at all. Or a mix. Or just one whte guy.

So what's the point of this thread?

[TeeJay]

I wouldn't be upset if you binned it to be honest.

Should I bother reposting that NCIS quote onto the other thread?

[William of Walworth]

I'll presumably find at at some point anyway, but what other thread?? :confused:

[snadge]

I'll presumably find at at some point anyway, but what other thread?? :confused:


this one (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=139982)

[pk]

"Assaulted girl Tesco" thread.

PhilDwyer talking utter bollocks from his little hidey-hole in the USA...

[editor]

Seeing as the subject's already been covered, I'm closing this thread.