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I was talking to one of my Uncles yesterday. He lives about 1/2 a mile away from me. He was griping about having been disturbed by fireworks being set off in the area during the previous evening. I replied *Oh yes! I heard fireworks too... at about 11pm? Half Term isn't it? little bast*rds...* and so forth. They weren't ordinary *Pop and Fizzle* rockets, they sounded like scud missiles and were very loud.
He nodded and sighed, *It's the dealers letting junkies know there's a new lot of drugs on the estate*.
I asked him what he was on about and along with questions about which rock I'd been hiding under for all of my life, he asserted to me that the streets where he lives close to are full of dealers and that everyone knows that they let off fireworks on a regular basis to let people know that they can go and get their drugs.
I've never heard of this before, dealers using fireworks as signals. I've had a look for info but have only really managed to find this so far:
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/NCFS/read/ ... part3.html
And I haven't found anything on a search of the FTMB either.
I should think that my Uncle is just repeating to me another one of those UL's that has caught on as being *The Truth*. Apart from the other evening I hadn't heard any fireworks being set off since New Year's eve. Although I have to say, the streets that he referred to are quite notorious for drugs and there are arrests and deaths linked to drug misuse on a monthly basis.
Is it common knowledge that dealers use fireworks as signals??
He nodded and sighed, *It's the dealers letting junkies know there's a new lot of drugs on the estate*.
I asked him what he was on about and along with questions about which rock I'd been hiding under for all of my life, he asserted to me that the streets where he lives close to are full of dealers and that everyone knows that they let off fireworks on a regular basis to let people know that they can go and get their drugs.
I've never heard of this before, dealers using fireworks as signals. I've had a look for info but have only really managed to find this so far:
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/NCFS/read/ ... part3.html
March 1 2003, This is Scunthorpe, FIREWORKS USED AS DRUG SIGNALS
Fireworks are being used by drug dealers in northern Lincolnshire to let addicts know when new supplies are in, Shona McIsaac MP has told the House of Commons. Ms McIsaac, whose constituency includes Barton, gave the shock announcement as legislation to crackdown on the sale and misuse of fireworks cleared its first Parliamentary hurdle yesterday after it was given the green light by MPs in the Commons.
And I haven't found anything on a search of the FTMB either.
I should think that my Uncle is just repeating to me another one of those UL's that has caught on as being *The Truth*. Apart from the other evening I hadn't heard any fireworks being set off since New Year's eve. Although I have to say, the streets that he referred to are quite notorious for drugs and there are arrests and deaths linked to drug misuse on a monthly basis.
Is it common knowledge that dealers use fireworks as signals??