Those contacted include well-off professionals buying cocaine, ketamine and MDMA.
Around 3,700 people who had bought cocaine, ketamine and MDMA from suppliers were contacted by cops, who offered them addiction support. They had been buying the class A drugs from dealers who were running a courier service across the city.
Police Inspector Lynn Edwards said: "Operation Arachnoid targeted individuals involved in the multi-kilo supply of cocaine, ketamine and MDMA within Glasgow using WhatsApp messenger and a courier service." She added: "However beyond that - the team didn't stop there. They decided to take a public health approach to this type of operation. They did something quite unique and sent out a mass broadcast text message to all the phone numbers using the service offering support and signposted them to the Scottish Drugs Forum website."
The report presented to the partnership earlier today added: "We recognise that customers of this service, whilst engaged in consuming controlled drugs, are in turn vulnerable members of our society masking their addiction, often stemming from the trauma experienced in their lives. As part of our public health approach, we are seeking to support those we identify as vulnerable and ensure our enforcement activity aligns with our harm reduction strategies.
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