Inside life in ‘Drug Tower’ where hooded figures selling heroin and cocaine run riot as locals live in fear

TERRIFIED locals have dubbed it ‘Drug Tower’ – a building where hooded figures come and go, selling drugs as families cower in their homes.

Heroin and crack cocaine dealers has become an “epidemic” in the area with flats in this Manchester tower block taken over by drug gangs.

Machete-wielding gangs have fought with knives in the surrounding estate outside and there have been numerous shootings in crime-ridden Harpurhey.

Wraps of heroin or crack cocaine can be bought for as little as £20.

And residents of Kingsbridge Tower, once known as ‘Scruffy Tower’ for its rundown look, are now at their wit’s end – begging cops and the council to act to stop the “nightmare” of drug gangs.

They say drug-users are seen “shooting up” in the halls while the “constant smell” of cannabis floats around the tower where a two-bed flat cost £75-a-week to rent.