Drug dealers using mobility scooters in bid to fool police

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Police say they are now finding suspects posing as disabled people as they smuggle drugs through the streets, hiding the stash inside the scooters as they trundle around south London at 4mph.

However, some have been unable to resist calling attention to themselves by "blinging up" the vehicles. One four-wheeled scooter, stopped in Brixton, was decorated with jewellery to make it look more glamorous.

A Met source said: "This is just the latest tactic drug dealers have been using to try to keep ahead of the police.

"We've seen scooters bought specifically to move large amounts of illegal drugs over short distances.

"The substances have been packed into the insides of scooters and hidden.

"We can only assume they do it because they think we won't search them."

The source said dealers know police can use Automatic Number Plate Recognition to track down their cars, and until now have been using bicycles.

The police source added: "These are not disabled people. Dealers are trying to find new ways to do their business because they know we are on to them."