COCAINE use in Greater Manchester reaches far beyond bars and clubs and into the area's police HQ, hospitals and a Manchester crown court, an M.E.N. investigation can reveal.
A team of M.E.N. reporters used the same testing kits employed by police to spot check toilets - the place where users most commonly prepare and snort cocaine - across the area.
Positive results were produced in the women's toilets in the reception area of Chester House, the headquarters of Greater Manchester Police.
And traces were found in four sets of hospital toilets and at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court.
As part of the testing, a random sweep was also done of the toilets in the M.E.N. Media building in Scott Place. This, too, produced a positive test.
The test swabs used by our reporters turn blue due to a chemical reaction produced by the presence of cocaine.
The areas tested were always flat surfaces within toilet cubicles, where people might prepare and sniff cocaine.
These ranged from toilet seats and cistern lids to toilet roll holders and window sills.
Drug experts say that lower prices and greater availability mean that cocaine powder use is on the up.
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