Police raid crystal meth factory in barber's shop

TWO men have been arrested after police swooped on a barber's shop in north London suspected of being a crystal meth factory.

Officers uncovered a hidden partition during the raid which concealed a series of "plastic vials" believed to contain the highly addictive Class A drug.

The swoop on the Firm Cuts Gents Hairdressers in Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, took place on Wednesday when officers also found a quantity of crack cocaine and a large amount of skunk cannabis.

Today the street was sealed off as officers in special chemical protection suits removed the dangerous substances. The premises are believed to be only the second crystal meth factory raided in London.

One local resident said: "The barber's shop always had its blinds down and no one ever seemed to use it as a hairdressers. You saw people going in and out at all times of the night." The drug has been described as the world's most dangerous and addictive substance and its use has reached epidemic proportions in the US.

Two years ago senior police officers in Britain warned that it could sweep this country. Crystal meth - also known as Nazi crank, ice, tweak and tina - is a form of amphetamine crystallised so it can be smoked. The chemicals needed to manufacture it are readily available, making it cheap for everyone.

The operation was launched after complaints from the local community.

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