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Sleepy seaside town next to 'millionaire's row' is now 'heroin capital of England'
drug and violence problem, despite being a stone's throw from the famous 'millionaire's row'.Sandbanks in Dorset is a waterside street made up of just 13 houses, officially the most expensive stretch of coastal real estate in the world, with a staggering combined property value of £93million.However, around five miles to the north east lies Boscombe, a once lovely suburb of Bournemouth which for years was known as the “drugs capital of the South” and ranked among the top 50 worst places to live in England.READ MORE: Fugitive yoga teacher who 'killed love rival' may have had plastic surgeryOne local described it as "as close to California in the UK as you can get" but, like many seaside towns in England, the increase of foreign travel saw the start of a local decline.The Sun reported that in 2006, a Bournemouth Borough Council report explained that an "increase in less affluent, vulnerable people" had coincided with a peak in drug use in the area.Boscombe became a "big importer of people with drug and alcohol problems" and addict numbers were "stimulated" when drug treatment centres opened in the 80s, the report stated.By 2013, there were nearly 60 facilities available to addicts, according to The Sun.Following 232 seizures of heroin by police between 2018 and 2019, the highest for any police force, the area was named the "heroin capital" of England and Wales.Owner of Boscombe seafront-based restaurant Urban Reef, Mark Cribb.
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