EXCLUSIVE: Brazen dealers flogging drugs via social media in Dundee and Perth

A Tay News investigation has uncovered the open sale of illegal Class-A drugs in Dundee and Perth on multiple social media platforms.

We've found examples of dealers peddling substances like cocaine and crystal meth on mainstream websites then using messaging apps such as 'Whatsapp' and 'Kik' to communicate with potential buyers.

Brazen dealers are even offering to deliver the drugs to home addresses - and in one example we saw a seller offering delivery by DRONE.

We presented our findings to Sergeant Lee Stewart from the Community Investigation Unit at Tayside Police.

He said: "That's one of the challenges with online. Things are so readily available online and if there's a market out there people will try and sell it.

"But people don't know what they're getting and there are major health risks.

"Police obviously have ways and means of tackling this sort of thing that I wouldn't want to get into but if we get information from the public we can act on that and try and stop the flow of these drugs being sold."

Dave Barrie from anti-drugs charity Addaction said: "We're concerned as an organisation that it appears that there are easy available ways of obtaining illicit drugs.

"We have heard some of our clients purchasing drugs through this. It is concerning because it does seem to be alarmingly easy to use if you have a smartphone.

"People don't really know what they are purchasing, so there is going to be an element of risk involved in any illict drug purchase. This is a new emerging route to obtain illicit drugs.