Manor Park drugs ring smashed

A major drugs ring was smashed after local residents became sick of crack cocaine being dealt openly in east London. Police covertly filmed themselves posing as buyers for six months after a series of complaints by residents in Jack Cornwell Street in Manor Park. More than 100 officers were involved in co-ordinated swoops to arrest the 16 men on Wednesday April 6 this year. Prosecutor Babatunde Alabi said: ‘The charges against these defendants arise out of a police operation called…