Turks drug turf wars and trafficking in England.
"Rival gangsters are fighting a bloody turf war over control of one of Britain´s most lucrative drugs trade"
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Rival gangsters are fighting a bloody turf war over control of one of Britain´s most lucrative drugs trade.
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Three men have died and others have survived a wave of attacks that Scotland Yard is struggling to combat.
At stake is the multi-million-pound heroin racket run by Turkish gangs in North London.
Two years ago police convicted members of the infamous Baybasin gang, whose members got long jail sentences.
But that success created a power vacuum which other gangs - principally the Tottenham Boys and the Hackney Bombers - are trying to fill at any cost.
"Even though heroin prices have dropped there is a lot of money to be made," one reformed heroin trafficker told me.
"Life has never been so cheap and gangs are willing to kill to get control.
"One of the issues at the moment is that gangs are stealing each other´s customers."
The murder of shopkeeper Ahmet Paytak, 50, was a chilling, professional hit by two killers who roared up to his store in Holloway on a motorcycle in March.
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The pillion passenger leaped off the bike, ran into the shop and shot dead Mr Paytak and injured his son Huseyin, 21.
The attackers were in and out in 10 seconds.
Police believe Mr Paytak was shot in a case of mistaken identity, but his murder appears to have fuelled a string of shootings across North London.
Earlier this month businessman Otkay Erbasli, 23, was shot as his Range Rover pulled up at traffic lights in Tottenham.
Bullet holes in Range Rover window
Three days later, shop worker Cem Duzgun, 21, was gunned down as he left a social club near Clapton railway station.
Police have sent more officers into the area, including firearms teams, gang specialists and search squads.
A series of raids has recovered four weapons and some cannabis, but little else.
Commander Stephen Kavanagh said: "There was some sort of dispute between two crime groups in January and that seems to have sparked a level of violence we haven´t seen before.
"We are doing what we can, but we won´t stop this alone. We need witnesses and others with information within the Turkish and Kurdish communities to come and speak to us. I´m sure they will eventually."
Source: Sky News
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