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Addicts were snapped casually taking drugs intravenously in an upmarket part of Brighton Beach – just yards from families with children.
The shocking incident was witnessed and photographed by staff photographer Adam Gerrard.
He told Daily Star Online: “It was right on the beach in front of thousands of people.
“Everyone was watching out of the corner of their eye, but I think people just wanted to keep their head down because they didn’t want any trouble.
“I thought they were lighting a cigarette at first.
“They were crowding around someone and I thought maybe they were trying to light a cigarette by shielding it from the wind – but then I could see a needle.
“They left pretty quickly.”
The three brazen men injected – what appears to be heroin – in an upmarket part of the beach and only yards away from fish restaurant Riddle and Finns.
Adam added: “It was about 100ft from an upmarket restaurant and the Brighton music hall.
“So it wasn’t in a rundown area.”
Daily Star Online has contacted Sussex Police for comment.
Thousands of Brits have flocked to the seaside to enjoy the scorching Easter Bank Holiday.
Britain is hotter than Malibu today with the mercury reaching a scorching 24C – compared to 14C in California.
