Teens pictured smoking 'crystal meth' on tram in Manchester

A shocked commuter managed to snap a picture of two teens who appeared to be smoking crystal meth on a tram in Manchester.

The woman saw the youths on an East Didsbury-bound Metrolink tram on Monday evening.

According to the Daily Mail, the commuter said: "I could see white smoke coming out of a plastic coke bottle and something was bubbling away in there.

"It looked like what I've seen on Breaking Bad, it wasn't an electric cigarette that's for sure.

"I tried to take the picture discreetly. I wasn't sure what to do because I didn't know if I called the police or said something to them if they might attack me."

The lady uploaded the picture to Twitter and tagged Greater Manchester Police.

They replied 40 minutes later telling the woman to phone the hotline number 101 if she saw it again.

She said she had not thought it appropriate in that instance as they youths would have heard her.

A Metrolink spokesman said it encourages people to report problems to them via Twitter, and told the Manchester Evening News: "If the claims being made are proved to be accurate, it's criminal behaviour that has absolutely no place on the network. We will review CCTV footage from the tram and at stops that, together with the picture tweeted, should help police to take action.

"Our drivers and staff are encouraged to report any anti-social behaviour they witness to build intelligence so that we can work with the police to target areas as required."

Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, is a highly addictive class A drug that is smoked, usually in glass pipes, producing white smoke.

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