Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Piano strikes a the wrong chord in Harringay drug smuggling plot
In a modern twist on Harringay's history as one of the piano making centres of London, I learned of a present day story with a Harringay and piano connection this week.
Whilst chatting with the always friendly guys at Kwik-Fit Crouch End yesterday over a smouldering MOT certificate, I learned that the flat above the front part of the 'shop' was the venue of a major drugs bust this week.
Customs officials had followed a crated piano which had arrived from South Africa, after discovering 148kg of cannabis in sealed packets inside the instrument in a Suffolk warehouse at the end of September.
The trail led them to Crouch End where Brian Beangstrom of Wightman Road and Evan Masson of Drayton Park were then arrested on October 4 at the Kwik Fit flat.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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And this is good news for the dope smokers of Harringay, how? I'm not one myself but I do know that many of us are and will not be at all pleased by this. Rising fuel and food prices and now rising dope prices. Two more citizens on their way to jail, probably desperate to put a dent in their credit card debts. Nice.
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I doubt it, rather than keeping the peace man, they're all part of the war on drugs. Funnily enough, it's probably all the people who can't be bothered posting on HoL who are the pot smokers.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Typical. They always pick on Wightman Road folk. As if small businesses weren't having it tough enough. Isn't Brian the chap was posting about offering free piano lessons for oldies with arthritis last week? Such a kind thought.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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HOL is always in touch with the grass roots issues, weeding out the baddies and hempering their activities.
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Good stuff, John. Trouble is when a chap goes looking for some good sh*t here, HOL even redacts it.
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I would post something, but can't "be bothered" - better things to do ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Feeling a little strung out, eh. (Note to self to add Basil Brush sound effect to site).
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I completely agree with John. The other problem is that reducing the drugs supply inevitably puts up the price and leads to more burglary and robbery to fund users habits. This probably only applies to a very limited extent to the sort of cannabis smokers John refers to, if at all, but it is undoubtedly the case with crack and heroin.
The sad fact is that whatever your views on drug use, the war on drugs cannot be 'won'. The only realistic solution is for them all to be legalised and the supply controlled. This would ensure proper quality and would (dare I suggest it!) render the trade liable to taxation! This would take the profits away from criminal gangs overnight and may actually lead to safer streets.
Now find a mainstream politician brave enough to suggest all that!
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The increase in madness would not be worth it. No I'm not joking - I know whereof I speak.
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