The cost behind the City's drug problem Birmingham has become a central market place for illegal drugs feeding supplies out to every town and village throughout the Midlands, according to the West Midlands Police. Prices for heroin continue to fall - it's now available for around five pounds a bag, usually containing half a gram of heroin. Dealers can make on average 250 a day. It's these vast profits which have led to a huge increase in the use of firearms. Five men have been shot dead in Birmingham over the last twelve months.
People claim that gangs are fighting a turf war for control of the drug trade.
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