'Super smack' will kill addicts.

A DEADLY batch of high-purity heroin has hit the streets of Scotland.

One man has died after taking the 'super-smack' and it is feared many more are at risk.

Street heroin can be just four to six per cent pure but this drug is more than four times stronger.

One experienced user said: 'This stuff will kill.

'I have been smoking it for years and one tenner bag put me right on my back and out.'

The drugs were brought to Scotland over the weekend by an Asian supplier, originally from Manchester.

He is now operating on the south side of Glasgow - where Alan MacGregor was found dead on Sunday night.

The 38-year-old, of Dingwall, Easter Ross, had injected a pounds 10 bag of the 'super-smack'.

He was found dead in his room at the Park View Hostel on Queens Drive in Govanhill. A friend said: 'Alan had only been using for about 18 months. This stuff was just too strong for him. He never had a chance.

'He will not be the last one, I am sure of that. It is just far, far too pure for normal use.'

The Manchester supplier is believed to have arrived in the city with around two kilos of heroin.

A source said: 'The dealer said he was up here not just for a flying visit but for some time.

'It is clear that he has backing and that he has been invited up by one of the big crime families.

'He has at least a couple of kilos and says he will be going south to get some more very soon.'

In 2001, 18 Scots addicts died after taking heroin which was three times normal strength.

The drug had also been poisoned by bacteria and it led to some of the victims dying in agony from flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis.

And this month, experts warned of the threat posed to Scotland by a bumper opium crop from Afghanistan.

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DANGER: Heroin