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Essex,9 mins

How widespread is cocaine use in Essex?

Sonia Watson

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A dealer from Southend-on-Sea was caught with £2 million worth of cocaine in the boot of his car – just one of three high-profile cases in Essex involving large amounts of cocaine in one week alone. A mother and son from Rayleigh have been jailed for conspiring to supply coke and ketamine worth £800,000, and a dealer from Thurrock was also jailed after being caught in possession of £20,000 worth of cocaine at Stansted Airport - he's thought to have been behind a three million pound drugs operation BBC Essex spoke to Sarah Ibrahim, a former user and now a recovery coach about her journey with cocaine.

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