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Daily Mirror
Sara Odeen-Isbister

'Coronation cocaine' and 'Peruvian Charlie' sold as drug dealers cash in

Drug dealers used King Charles' Coronation as a business opportunity with cocaine deals containing '10/10 Charlie' on the big day.

While Charles was being crowned at Westminster Abbey, watched by the world, dealers used the celebration as an opportunity to advertise 'Coronation cocaine' and 'Peruvian Charlie'.

A Twitter user called Mike shared a Whatsupp message he'd received from a dealer that read:

"About time, CHARLES becomes KING. Get your CORONATION deals in,"

The message continued: "24/7 DELIVERY. CALL TODAY, DON'T DELAY".

Mike tweeted: "Blocked so many numbers since I got clean but every now and then you get a message from one that's slipped through the net.

"10/10 for emoji usage though. Almost sorry to have to block you mate but I wish you all the best."

Another user responded to their own experience of an industrious dealer.

A Coronation themed Whatsapp message from a drug dealer (Twitter)
King Charles waves to the crowd after being crowned (Getty Images)

The user, called Will, shared an image of the "Bank Holiday Coronation menu" he was sent by a dealer.

The dealer's 'Peruvian Charlie' was priced at £100 for the 'top shelf' stuff, or £60 for the standard gear. MDMA, presumably for a gram, is priced at £40.

In other off-beat (but this time legal) Coronation news, a former Britain's Got Talent contestant wowed fans with his creative 'toast' to celebrate the King.

Nathan Wyburn, 33, created a portrait of King Charles using one of his favourite sandwich fillings - Marmite.

The Welsh artist also used 42 slices of toasted bread to capture the monarch's likeness.

One dealer used a picture of Charles to promote his 'Peruvian Charlie' (Twitter)
King Charles leaving Westminster Abbey yesterday (PA)

His efforts came from a plan to create artwork of the King using ingredients from his favourite sarnie - which includes a fried egg, pesto, gruyere cheese and the famous yeast spread - according to the Daily Mail.

But crafting the artwork 'raise a toast' to the King was not a piece of cake.

The creative said toasting all of the bread in the four-piece toaster it his flat was the 'most tedious part' of the process, as it took him two hours and required a large jar of Marmite.

King Charles and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Coronation (PA)

Luckily, he thought his efforts were worthwhile. "When I found out that the King himself actually loves Marmite as part of his favourite sandwich, that seemed even more fitting to know that he would totally approve of this," Mr Wyburn told the PA news agency.

You can see the full story and pictures here.

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