(ANSA) - LONDON, DECEMBER 06 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's hard punch against hard drugs. On the day the Conservative government's ten-year plan to combat drug dealing and support the rehabilitation system in England and Wales was launched, the prime minister, wearing an agent's cap and jacket, took part in a dawn raid by the Merseyside Police at dawn. a Liverpool neighborhood. "The government is absolutely determined to fight drugs," said Johnson, who argued that narcotic gangs must be hit hard to counter the circulation of substances "harmful to society" and which are at the root of the spread of crime in the country. According to Home Office data, there are 300.000 heroin and crack addicts in England responsible for half of the crimes such as burglary erapine. Nearly half of the murders have drug connections.
In the face of an allocation of 300 million pounds, new powers are foreseen for the police, such as that of tracing the mobile phones of the drug dealers to their customers and contacting them to persuade them to change their lifestyle.
Wealthy professionals who use drugs (especially cocaine) are also targeted, who could in some cases lose their passport and driver's license.
Compared to press reports that traces of cocaine were found in the toilets of Parliament, Johnson replied that his executive is more committed than ever to the fight against drugs.
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