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Bradley Jolley & Matthew Fulton

Seaside town once dubbed 'UK Magaluf' now 'synonymous' with drug crime

A once-bustling UK seaside town that many viewed as Britain's answer to party-hotspot Magaluf is now one of the country's worst drug areas. The reputation of the coastal area has plummeted in recent years.

Newquay in Cornwall looks inviting for tourists and party-goers with golden sands and Instagrammable-waters, with many young people previously flocking to the town for a weekend of revelry in the packed bars and clubs, reports the Mirror.

This reputation presented issues for concerned locals as a booze hotspot but now Newquay faces a significantly more dangerous prospect, becoming a drug capital in recent years with county lines gangs flooding the area with heroin, crack, cocaine and cannabis.

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