advice suspected dealer.

AbbieCadabra

zaksmum wrote: »

There are a few drug dealers in my road and several of us law abiding residents have reported them to Crimestoppers many times over a period of about two years.

Absolutely nothing has been done about it and the dealers are just carrying on their trade regardless.

relative of mine reported a neighbour for dealing on more than one occasion, 100% knew it was happening & had lots of info for the police - nothing happened.

aileth

Hi, I've phoned 101 twice on drug-activities in our area. First was a car driving around the estate dealing, like in Thorsoaks' situation they told me they recognised the number plate, haven't seen the car around since.

A house further down our road stunk of cannabis 24/7, and I mean it makes the whole street stink out, so unless there were lots of people permanently smoking I thought could be they've got plants or something. Phoned 101 and haven't smelt it since!

browneyedbazzi

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Good call - provide as much detailed information as you can, as suggested previously. Times, dates, frequencies etc. Gives them far more to go on and makes the report far more credible from the outset, too.

As above - if you want the information you provide to be useful it's important that you don't just say 'I think x is dealing drugs from y.' You should say what you have actually seen/heard/smelled that makes you think it is going on - for example people coming at odd hours, only staying a minute on the door step and you see something change hands, or a particular herbal scent. If you can include times/dates of things you have seen and any other information like the details of vehicle he uses it will be helpful.

mrsHall2b

ill probably get stick for this but seriously?

if your talking about cannabis, your worried about your kids being around it? most dealers don't smoke it themselves as they'd be smoking their profits. now a days most people know someone who smokes it, when kids go to secondary school they WILL know someone who smokes it.

in my eyes what has it got to do with you? why does it matter what your neighbours are doing? you arnt smoking it, you arnt dealing it, so why does it matter? it can be used to show your children that you shouldnt do things like that.

i dont smoke it and never have, but then i dont drink either and i expect you will allow your children to see people drinking which causes a lot more heartache, deaths, long term illness than a bit of pot..

if you expect its something more sinister then maybe you have a place to complain but i would still say what has it got to do with you?

have you always 100% stayed within the law, never done anything a little bit off, taken a risk, gotten into trouble? i doubt many people can say theyve always been completely straight.

yes i have children, and yes i know people who smoke it, and no none of them are the crazed, mad zombies media make them out to be, they are holding down jobs (one is a doctor and another a teacher) and raising children. you wouldnt know it to look at them. and id much sooner leave my children in the care of one of them than anyone who would consider a glass of wine around the child.

just my personal opinion

aileth

If someone is making the whole street stink of cannabis, it has everything to do with me.

If someone is smoking a joint in their own home recreationally, I don't care.

If someone is turning our street into dealer's alley, regardless of what drug they're dealing, it has everything to do with me.

At the end of the day, Cannabis is still a Class B drug.

And what absolute rubbish that dealers don't smoke it because it cuts into their profits, I work in the legal system and I'll tell you now most street level dealers are addicts themselves, in fact most deal to pay off debts accrued to higher up dealers for the amount of cannabis they've smoked!

Just because you're not dealing it or smoking it means you should ignore people involved with it? How is that showing children you shouldn't do things like that?

hazyjo

Don't remembering the OP mentioning cannabis (although you may be referring to other posts).

I have filled out anonymous forms reporting a drugs problem in a Brentwood pub and naff all was done about that (coke, mostly - taken in loos). The landlord was aware and also did naff all (despite chasing the local DVD seller away screaming and shouting about how he'd risk his licence or end up with a fine if the police caught him there). Was like a drive-thru McDonalds on payday with the local dealer/s driving round dropping it off...

Agree - police, not council.

Jx

mrsHall2b

aileth wrote: »

If someone is making the whole street stink of cannabis, it has everything to do with me.

If someone is smoking a joint in their own home recreationally, I don't care.

If someone is turning our street into dealer's alley, regardless of what drug they're dealing, it has everything to do with me.

At the end of the day, Cannabis is still a Class B drug.

And what absolute rubbish that dealers don't smoke it because it cuts into their profits, I work in the legal system and I'll tell you now most street level dealers are addicts themselves, in fact most deal to pay off debts accrued to higher up dealers for the amount of cannabis they've smoked!

Just because you're not dealing it or smoking it means you should ignore people involved with it? How is that showing children you shouldn't do things like that?

you work in the legal system so get to see the wannabe dealers who are too stupid to not cover their own backs and be careful.. people who get too big for their boots and start bragging.. the people who get caught because they smoke their own profits so have to get their next ones on tick as they've not earned back on what they purchased.

yes i ignore people involved in it because its not my life. people do all sorts which is illegal but i dont go reporting them to the police every time i see it happen. people are turning to extremes in this day and age to get by.

aileth

If everyone was proactive and actually engaged in neighbourhood watch or similar, the reduce in policing wouldn't be felt as hard as it has been. Police are having to work harder because of people like you ignoring blatant law-breaking and people are quite happy to blatant law-break because they know people will turn a blind eye. Very sad.

mrsHall2b

hazyjo wrote: »

Don't remembering the OP mentioning cannabis (although you may be referring to other posts).

I have filled out anonymous forms reporting a drugs problem in a Brentwood pub and naff all was done about that (coke, mostly - taken in loos). The landlord was aware and also did naff all (despite chasing the local DVD seller away screaming and shouting about how he'd risk his licence or end up with a fine if the police caught him there). Was like a drive-thru McDonalds on payday with the local dealer/s driving round dropping it off...

Agree - police, not council.

Jx

a lot of the time now police wont do anything as more and more people know their rights and what they can get away with. if you only have a small amount on you you are just likely to get a slap on the wrist and a fine.

and in a public place like that if police did raid the drugs would be stashed around with no proof of who they belong to or would have been flushed or gotten rid of before anyone has chance to be caught.

its only really if people keep the drugs in their house or carry huge amounts with them that people get caught. but the repercussions arnt worth worrying about for most.

i know of someone, still in college works weekends got caught with £3000 worth of cannabis on them, got fined £200 and let off. back out the next day and had made his fine money back aswell as more.. police know now that judges dont give strict punishment for drugs so they dont generally bother with small cases because its just paperwork for them but the dealer will be back the next day carrying on making his money.

mrsHall2b

aileth wrote: »

If everyone was proactive and actually engaged in neighbourhood watch or similar, the reduce in policing wouldn't be felt as hard as it has been. Police are having to work harder because of people like you ignoring blatant law-breaking and people are quite happy to blatant law-break because they know people will turn a blind eye. Very sad.

the police dont do their job anyways they want everyone else to do it for them. and yes ill ignore blatant law breaking because most of the people breaking the laws are people who are supposed to be enforcing them