Reluctant Gangsters - London Borough of Hillingdon

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Fig.4.1 The Structure of the Waltham Forest Drugs Market The Bogota Trading Company of East London (est.1945) Middle Level Drug Market Gang A Shotters Users/ User- Dealers The Bacofoil Skunk Collective Mules-R-Us (Kingston ) Upper Level Drug Market D Faces £ The Kandahar Poppy Co. D D Gang B Gang C £ £ Users/ User- Dealers Street Level Drug Market 23 D Shotters Bop ’til You Drop Dance Accessories Shotters Users/ User- Dealers
Fig. 4.2 “He buys two kilos of cocaine hydrochloride every fortnight from a white guy, who gets it in twenty-five or fifty kilo consignments from God knows who, most probably someone whose home is in Bogota or Caracas. Sammy pays his supplier slightly over the odds, £30,000 per kilo. He can afford to be generous because he ‘steps on’ or adulterates the powder with other substances so that each kilo stretches a long, long way. So far, in fact, that for every thirty grand he shells out, he gets back at least £65,000, more than doubling his investment. But unlike most of the competition,. Sammy converts the powder into washed crack himself rather than selling it on as hydrochloride. He knows that it is crack which brings the heavy-duty returns and he supplies the slabs of magnolia-coloured rock, in two gramme parcels, to each of three dealers who buy regularly from him. Sammy is the first big wholesaler in London to sell crack in this fashion and he can offer his ‘crew’, as he calls them a tempting deal. They buy a parcel for £175 and they can guarantee to double that amount when they sell it on to the street dealer. The crew are happy, they are each making £1,500 a week and the street sellers aren’t complaining either. They recoup their stake from the punters, who will keep buying rocks even if they are only 75% pure, until there is nothing in their wallets but fluff – and then they start stealing for more. John Silverman (1994) Crack of Doom, Headline The gang-accredited dealers on the estates, and environs, deal in a variety of drugs, most notably crack cocaine, but the heroin market in Waltham Forest is the preserve of South Asian dealers who operate out of storefronts and restaurants. Relations between these two groups are said to be good and there is, evidently, trade between them because it is possible to buy both crack cocaine and heroin from both sources (KI.07,12,31,40,41). The Elders direct the activities of the Youngers/Soldiers (aged 14 - 18 years old), who have many responsibilities, including: Ensuring drugs get to the Shotters; the street level dealers Protecting their drug markets from incursions by other gangs ‘Hanging out’ in the neighbourhood to give early warning of a police presence Patrolling the territorial boundaries of the estate to protect it from other gangs with a ‘beef’. Enforcing contracts for Faces or Elders Collecting debts for Faces or Elders Taking vengeance and making ‘hits’ on those who disrespect or cheat them or the Faces or Elders Harassing and burgling rival dealers Undertaking street crime and burglary for the Elders 24
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Page 5 and 6: Introduction This report, compiled
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