Drugs wave spreads fear through ‘UK’s most depressing’ city

SMASHING down a door with a battering ram, cops swarm into a modest red brick home - emerging with £40,000 worth of cannabis. The early morning raid, carried out last week, is the latest effort to fight back against a dangerous drugs trade that is tightening its grip on the pretty cathedral city of Peterborough. Unflatteringly recently voted the “UK’s most depressing” area three times in a row, its proud residents insist they are “insulted” after being shortlisted again for the title in the annual poll by iLiveHere. What is undeniable, however, is their frustration over a tide of lawlessness that has led to rampant shoplifting and wanton drug users lighting and shooting up on the streets. Last year, Peterborough City Council was awarded £ over two years as part of a renewed drive to offer drug and alcohol treatment services. Like countless other areas across the UK, the Cambridgeshire city has been blighted by county lines gangs shifting Class A drugs inc