article_snippet.sent: Bingo hall toilets have tested positive for traces of Class A drugs amid evidence that an increasing number of pensioners are turning to hard drugs in retirement.
article_snippet.sent: Out of 17 bingo halls tested seven showed traces of cocaine, while another had traces of crack cocaine, a more dangerous form of the drug that is smoked, a newspaper investigation revealed.
article_snippet.sent: Out of 17 bingo halls tested across the country, seven had traces of cocaine in the toilets, while this one, in Hengrove Leisure Park, Bristol, was found to have traces of crack cocaine .
article_snippet.sent: Class A: While bingo halls allow people as young as 18 to visit, the majority of visitors are pensioners (pictured, Gala Bingo in Fishponds Road, Bristol, where traces of cocaine were found in the toilets)
article_snippet.sent: A probe by The Sun used swabs coated with special chemicals which reveal traces of cocaine to test toilet cubicles in bingo halls around the country.
article_snippet.sent: Two Gala Bingo premises in Clydebank Retail Park and Hawthorne Quadrant, Glasgow, tested positive for the drug, while Mecca Bingo in Coral Island, Blackpool, also showed traces of cocaine.
article_snippet.sent: Gala Bingo in Basildon and Mecca Bingo in Romford, Essex, also had positive results, as did Gala Bingo in Fishponds Road, Bristol.
article_snippet.sent: Another Bristol venue, Gala Bingo in Hengrove Leisure Park, tested positive for crack cocaine, which is highly addictive.
article_snippet.sent: Representatives from both Mecca Bingo and Gala Bingo said that Representatives from both Mecca Bingo and Gala Bingo companies took a zero-tolerance policy on drugs and banned taking Representatives from both Mecca Bingo and Gala Bingo on Representatives from both Mecca Bingo and Gala Bingo premises.
article_snippet.sent: Mecca Bingo Blackpool was among the eight premises where traces of Class A drugs were found .
article_snippet.sent: Zero tolerance: Both Gala Bingo and Mecca Bingo said drug taking was banned in both of Both Gala Bingo and Mecca Bingo venues (pictured, Gala Bingo in Basildon, where cocaine traces were discovered)
highlights_snippet.sent: Out of 17 bingo halls tested, seven revealed traces of cocaine in toilets .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: One, in Bristol, even tested positive for dangerous variant crack cocaine .
  