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BRAZEN drug dealers are sending parcels of cocaine via the Royal Mail.
Others offer a 15-minute “express” service to buyers desperate for a fix.
And street dealers say they are no longer scared of being stopped by police as they ply their trade.
The shocking details emerged during a major Channel 5 investigation into the coke epidemic on our streets.
Brits now snort twice as much of the powder as our European neighbours.
Dealers face years behind bars if caught selling the Class A drug yet they boast they have never been busier.
Some students now place their cocaine orders on the “dark web” using a special internet browser.
They get packages delivered via the Royal Mail – often signing for them at their local parcels depots.
One lad in London said: “Street dealers can be quite ropey and unreliable, whereas this seems more professional.
“The drugs are normally quite a lot better. You get what you pay for. It’s a lot stronger and lasts you longer.
“The biggest risk is getting it sent in the post. But 99% of the times you order it won’t get intercepted.”
A Royal Mail spokesman said the firm works closely with police and the UK Border Force to crack down on the trade. But it is estimated millions of pounds worth of drugs are delivered weekly.
Dealers are also boosting sales by offering deliveries quicker than ever – getting drugs to people in a matter of minutes.
One London marketing manager, who spends £14,000 a year on cocaine, said: “I do it every week…up to four nights a week. I generally buy a bit extra for my friends. It’s so easily accessible here in London. I’ve got three dealers and every one can be here in 15 minutes.”
Dealers are even dishing out business cards to encourage customer loyalty.
Social worker Siobhan, who regularly snorts cocaine on nights out, reckons it is easily available to anybody.
She said: “Even if you haven’t got a link – a dealer – there’s always somebody that you know that’s got one.
“There are so many people who do it on a monthly, weekly, daily basis. We’re talking doctors, nurses, people in Parliament, dancers, singers…it’s a big thing.”
To boost profits, dealers often “cut” cocaine with additives. Some then use a metal press to form it into a block to make it appear pure. The process doubles the drug’s volume – and value.
Britain’s cocaine crisis looks set to get even worse because many sellers are looking to expand their businesses.
East London dealer Andre makes around £100 for every gram of the drug he sells.
He said: “A lot of people around here sniff the coke. They like to party and do the cocaine…a lot of business people in suits.
“Some of them are young, some of them are old.
“I see a big future. The plan is to build up the line. Get more workers. That’s it. Flood the streets…that’s the plan.”
Jason, another London dealer, makes up to £1,000 a day from sales.
He said: “It’s easy money. Customers keep coming back, so I don’t see why I should stop doing it. It’s money at the end of the day.”
If a dealer is caught in possession of cocaine they face seven years in prison.
But Jason bragged: “F*** the police, man…we don’t worry about the police.”
The extent of the problem is shown in a new TV series Cocaine: Britain’s Epidemic. It starts tomorrow at 10pm on Channel 5. LEGENDARY rock groupie Pamela Des Barres partied hard with music’s biggest names of the 60s and 70s.
But when it came to breakfast chit-chat the morning after the night before, British guys were a hit and the Yanks a bit of a flop.
“The English ones were nicer to be with,” said the 69-year-old, who was close to Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page and Keith Moon.
“They seemed so much smarter. Mick Jagger was a very intelligent person, although I wanted to treat him like a stud.”
Pamela’s notorious 1987 memoir I’m With The Band has been reprinted this month with more tales of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll.
She said: “In those days it was felt that you couldn’t approach these rock gods, but nothing was gonna stop me. I had this huge passion to get near them.”
She didn’t always get her man. Pamela said: “In the late 60s I was involved with Jimmy Page. Then I discovered that out on the road his fidelity had slipped.
“All bets were off and I gave in to the overtures of Mick, who had been after me for a while.”
Pamela first approached Jagger in the RCA records car park in Hollywood and helped him reverse out.
“I was so mesmerised he hit about three cars before getting out,” she said.
The Who wild man Keith Moon was another love of Pamela’s.
“Keith confided in me so much, he’d insist that I stood next to the drum kit during Who concerts.
“People must’ve thought, ‘Who the hell is she?’”