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A man has shocked fellow tram users by smoking from a glass pipe on board a 3pm service in Manchester city centre.

Passengers believe he was smoking an illegal substance, with one complaining the smell from the smoke gave them a headache.

The man was caught on camera heating the charred pipe with a lighter and turning it under the flame before inhaling.

The person who filmed the man said he was already on the tram when they got on at Chorlton, before he alighted at Old Trafford, the Manchester Evening News reported.

The person who shared the video with the newspaper said it was filmed at around 3pm last Tuesday (December 4).

"Nobody said anything to him," they said.

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"I think everyone was too scared. You don't know how people will react.

"The smell from it gave me a headache. I can't describe it, but it was awful.

"I don't usually get the tram, but I had an important meeting in town and didn't want to risk missing it if I got stuck in traffic.

"It was the first time in a long time I'd used the tram and that's what I saw.

"It's just not nice."

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KeolisAmey Metrolink's managing director Aline Frantzen said: “We know that anti-social behaviour worries our customers and makes their journeys unpleasant, which is why we’re doing more to tackle issues like this on the network.

“Our staff are trained to deal with these types of anti-social behaviour and illegal activities.

"Any such incident, if reported at the time, would be dealt with through the joint efforts of our frontline staff and Greater Manchester Police.

“If our customers do see issues like this, we’d urge them to report it via our call points or direct to GMP.”