'FRIGHTENED' pensioners are desperate for the police to clamp down on drug dealing at a housing complex for older people.

Tenants claim addicts regularly visit a dealer who lives in John Gwynn House, in North Parade, Worcester.

One resident said users have slept in the corridors of the property and even injected drugs in plain sight.

Sanctuary Group, which runs the site, sent a letter to residents this month warning them about the alleged drug dealing.

One 80-year-old resident, who did not want to be named, said: "It's been going on for years. "There's a constant flow of people coming and going, buying drugs. I can tell 90 per cent are drug users from the state of them.

"The users sleep in corridors here if they can – with their sleeping bags.

"One lady took photographs of them injecting with spoons and flames. It makes people feel frightened.

"The police know all about them but nothing happens. We are all over 50 who live here, it's supposed to be a safe environment and all the police say is 'we will keep track of it'."

The resident claims users visit a middle-aged dealer who lives and sell drugs at the site.

Her neighbour, a 62-year-old cleaner, who also asked not to be named, said users regularly visit the suspected dealer.

She claims one of those visitors recently verbally abused her. "I called the guy who lived there afterwards and said you need to keep the people who are coming here away from me," she added. "I said I could phone the police. He said 'it will stop soon, I'm just having my arm twisted at the moment'. I just want it to stop."

She said drug users wake her up at night when they trigger an automatic light near her flat.

The cleaner claims other residents have seen queues outside the suspected dealer's door at 7am in the morning.

She said: "People that are buying a bit of weed don't come round at 7am to buy it, so I think it's harder stuff than that, possibly heroin. They come out in a state."

She added that she does not have time to gather evidence of the drug dealing and contact the police.

Instead, she called on Sanctuary Group to install a CCTV camera at the property.

Chief Inspector Mel Crowther said: “We would like to reassure the community that any reports to the police are acted upon and therefore we would encourage anyone who sees any drugs related activity to report it to the police on 101 or approach your local Safer Neighbourhood Team when they are in the area."

Christa Ripley, head of housing for Sanctuary Group, said: "We are working closely with West Mercia Police to address issues that have been raised by residents and will assist local officers in any way we can.

"Evidence is vitally important to help police tackle criminality of any sort and we would remind residents that information can be provided anonymously by contacting independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."