Terrifying rise of UK’s most lethal Frankenstein drug EVER as experts fear wave of deaths in 2025 after DIY factory bust
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AS cops bust open the doors of the underground drugs lab, they knew they were on to something big. Determined to crackdown on so-called Frankenstein drugs flooding Britain, they had intelligence that led them to a “sophisticated” drugs factory in Waltham Forest, London.
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Inside, they found a staggering 150,000 nitazene tablets - pills said to be up to 500 times more powerful than heroin. The Met police raid in October was the biggest ever haul of Britain’s most dangerous drug, but it is likely to be the tip of the iceberg.
![[Inside an illegal nitazene factory]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/eleven-members-criminal-gang-arrested-861523580.jpg?strip=all&w=665)
For 2024 was the year that man-made nitazenes exploded in the UK. The super-strength drugs have already claimed the lives of at least 230 Brits and experts predict next year the death toll will be even worse. Dr Judith Yates, a specialist in drugs and alcohol treatment, told The Sun: “We should be seriously worried about nitazenes in 2025.
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“It’s a very, very dangerous drug because it only takes a microgram too much to kill - an amount so small it can’t be weighed. “Nitazenes are essentially pain killers but, unless you’re a pharmacist with a proper laboratory, it’s hard to find the right dose to ease pain and not cause death.”.
![[Will believed he was taking a pill to help his extreme anxiety]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/melbourne-died-opioid-drug-use-948846469.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The killer substances are being used to bulk out Valium and Xanax bought on the dark web, mostly by Brits trying to ease symptoms of anxiety. They are also being mixed with heroin as dealers try to counteract a dramatic reduction in supplies, caused by the Taliban cracking down on opium poppy fields in Afghanistan.
![[Will on holiday with his family, who have been left devastated by the teen's death]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/melbourne-died-opioid-drug-use-948846458.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
