what I find particulally worrying about this is the young age of all the people involved, and the links with the London gangs, particularly in the wake of Mary-Ann Leneghan’s murder… in the old skool days the crack users would be in their late 20s and 30s (they wouldn’t last much longer than that though if they didn’t give up)
these young people should be out raving at free parties, not getting involved with crack which only leads to addiction and violence (particularly against the girls who might think they are “rude gals” but are just treated as meat by the boys)
IMO this crack culture could wreck the rave scene and progressive youth movements worse than anything the cops could do…
Eight people arrested after drugs raids – Reading
Eight people have been arrested, seven of which remain in custody after officers searched seven homes and seized an estimated 300-400 wraps of crack cocaine and a substantial amount of cash.
Officers stopped a Renault Clio and a Ford Ka outside the Jet Garage in Oxford Road, Reading, at just before 4pm yesterday (25/7) leading to the arrest of six people – male and female – and the seizure of cash.
As a result, police then executed search warrants at two addresses in Sherwood Street in Reading. Two further addresses, one in Temple Place, Reading, and one in Elvaston Way, Reading, were also searched. In the course of these searches two further people were arrested.
Houses in Wanstead, Greenwich and Hackney, London were also searched. These searches ended at around 4am today.
Crack cocaine, with an estimated value of £20 a wrap, cash – the total sum of which will not be disclosed at this time – and drugs paraphernalia were seized.
One of the eight people, a 21-year-old Tilehurst woman, has been released on bail pending further inquiries. She is due to return on 23 August.
A 20-year-old man from Greenwich, London; a 21-year-old Reading man; a 22-year-old man from Hackney, London, a 23-year-old Reading man, an 18-year-old Reading girl and two 21-year-old women from London remain in police custody.
They are being held at stations across Berkshire West and are due to be questioned by officers throughout today.
