Watch: BBC goes undercover at mini-mart selling drugs
BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.
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"I've got weed, coke, everything. Whatever you want, I can sort you out."
— Akwa , Other
"I don't know what you're talking about."
— Akwa , Other
"confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers."
— Ed Thomas , Other
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BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.
A BBC undercover investigation exposed mini-marts in the West Midlands openly selling illegal substances, including cocaine and cannabis, with transactions documented through secret filming techniques.
BBC UK editor Ed Thomas confronts a shopkeeper secretly filmed selling cannabis and cocaine to one of our researchers.
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