{"id":337187,"date":"2026-04-23T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/high-street-mini-marts-selling-cocaine-and-cannabis-bbc-secret-filming-reveals-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:00:13","slug":"high-street-mini-marts-selling-cocaine-and-cannabis-bbc-secret-filming-reveals-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/high-street-mini-marts-selling-cocaine-and-cannabis-bbc-secret-filming-reveals-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"High Street mini-marts selling cocaine and cannabis, BBC secret filming reveals | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P2vhBTOWd98\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"High Street mini-marts selling cocaine and cannabis, BBC secret filming reveals | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2vhBTOWd98\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Cocaine, cannabis, laughing gas and prescription pills are being offered for sale in mini-marts on UK High Streets, a BBC investigation has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>They were readily offered to our undercover researchers who secretly filmed in shops across four neighbouring West Midlands towns.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, shopfronts are being exploited by organised criminal gangs that have gained a foothold pushing illegal drugs, say both the National Crime Agency and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the BBC\u2019s findings in the West Midlands and more widely, a senior Labour MP is now calling on the government to act urgently.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#WestMidlands #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cocaine, cannabis, laughing gas and prescription pills are being offered for sale in mini-marts on UK High Streets, a BBC investigation has revealed. 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