Drugs cutting agents are clamp

Criminals are being hit by investigators targeting cutting agents used to reap vast profits from small amounts of class A drugs.

Huge quantities of pharmaceutical drugs benzocaine and lidocaine are used to bulk up cocaine.

Officers seized two tonnes of benzocaine in one week after Groom Tuxedo monitoring the trade for six months.

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The drugs cost Pounds 10 a kilo to buy but can be sold for up to Pounds 50,000 a kilo once mixed with tiny amounts of cocaine.

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