Drugs in West Yorkshire
How did British-Pakistani gangs come to dominate the drugs trade in Yorkshire?
Earlier this month, police shot dead 28-year-old Mohammed Yasser Yaqub on a motorway slip road near Huddersfield. Their target was apparently armed and dangerous – a big time drug dealer, allegedly with a record of using violence to get his way.
Yasser Yaqub’s death was followed by protests on the streets of Bradford and in nearby Huddersfield, hundreds turned up to a mosque for his funeral.
The drugs business in West Yorkshire is largely controlled by gangs of Pakistani-Muslim heritage, who use their community…
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