Author: Scott Hesketh
Publication: Daily Star
Date: February 22, 2009
URL: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70464/Asian-terror-gangs-target-UK-with-killer-heroin/
Terror chiefs plan to flood our streets with
heroin in a terrifying plot to wage "chemical jihad" on Britain.
And they have been using hate-filled Muslim
gangs as their UK dealers.
Pakistani and Afghan-based al-Qaida and Taliban
warlords are sitting on a £6billion stash of deadly heroin.
And they have ordered their dealers to sell
it only to non-Muslims.
The ruthless racket is a two-pronged attack
which peddles death and misery with heroin while netting massive sums to pay
for future terror attacks.
A senior security source told the Daily Star
Sunday: "The Afghan poppy fields are probably the biggest financial contributor
to al-Qaida and the Taliban.
"The UK's heroin trade is increasing
at an alarming rate and most of the cash helps arm terrorists with bombs and
guns."
The US has already been targeted in the evil
campaign which mirrors a terror plot in the new James Bond novel Devil May
Care.
Between 1990 and 2005 Taliban-linked drug
peddler Haji Baz Mohammed raked in a staggering £17billion by pouring
heroin into North America.
He told a US court that "selling heroin
was a jihad because they were taking Americans' money and the heroin was killing
them".
Now the fanatics have made the UK their top
target. A whopping 30 tonnes of heroin is being smuggled into Britain every
year.
The drug is grown in the Afghan badlands and
bought for £1,500 a kilo in neighbouring Pakistan.
It's finally sold on Britain's streets, often
in the backs of cabs or over kebab shop counters, at between £30 and
£50 a gram.
Asian gangs are operating in South London,
Luton, Preston, Manchester, Leeds, Oldham, Birmingham and Bradford.
Our investigators went on the hunt for heroin in Luton and did a deal in the
back of a taxi.
Pulling out a handful of wraps, the driver
said: "I'll sort you a fix for £10 but a gram's £50. It's
knockout gear." Asked where the drugs came from he said: "Poppy
fields between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"The big bosses have Taliban and al-Qaida
connections and we're often told only to deal it to non-Muslims. They call
it chemical jihad and hope to ruin lives while getting massive payouts at
the same time.
"I'm more interested in the money. I
knock it out to anyone, whatever their beliefs.
"But there are lots of big-hitters who
only sell to non-Muslims - to poison them."
One of the Asian gangs is the so-called Gambino
clan - a 100-strong mob named after the notorious US crime family.
A 40-year-old small-time dealer turned Christian
told us: "The Gambinos are the Pakistani Muslim gang that control most
of the drug trade in Luton - and they've all got good connections to al-Qaida.
"Heroin and crack are on sale 24 hours
a day and they get local taxi drivers to drive the gear around and do deals.
"It's a massive business. They're untouchable."
But the gangs are leaving a trail of misery.
Just ask hollow-eyed junkie Greg Yates, one of 280,000 addicts in the UK.
Huddled up and shaking on a bridge near Luton
rail station, the 42-year-old former mechanic told us his £80-a-day
habit had destroyed his life.
"I can't function without the hits,"
he sobbed. "I've lost my job, my home and my family.
"Heroin has killed me."
