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Three arrested in County Lines drug crackdown in north London

The arrests were made in Camden and Islington in a raid which saw large quantities of cocaine and MDMA and £8,000 in cash seized

Evening Standard

Police storm County Lines drug gangs as record number of arrests made

A man was arrested in a dramatic police raid on a home in Liverpool as part of an operation targeting drug smuggling - as crime and policing minister Sarah Jones vowed to crack down on the “evil trade”.

The Independent UK

Police county lines strategy ‘cruelly targets’ black youth in UK

Home Office approach to tackling drug operations is based on ‘racialised tropes’, says new study

The Guardian - UK

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Teenager arrested as drugs and cash uncovered in county lines raids

Police 'acted on intelligence from the public'

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of County Lines busted across Merseyside in last 12 months

Merseyside Police leads on the national response to County Lines

Liverpool Echo

Three arrested in dawn raids in bid to break up county lines drugs network between Greater Manchester and Merseyside

"Criminals don’t operate to borders and neither should we"

Manchester Evening News

County lines dealer set up new graft phone one day after being questioned

Lee Barnes exploited vulnerable people to carry out drug offences

Liverpool Echo

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Arrests made as police target County Lines supply between Liverpool and Weymouth

The action was part of a wider operation to disrupt criminality

Liverpool Echo

Eleven people arrested as police target County Lines supply between Liverpool and Wales

The coordinated raids were led by the North Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit

Liverpool Echo

Police take down county lines drugs operation as three men jailed

Three men have been jailed for running a drug network from Westminster following a Met Police operation.

Evening Standard

Kirkby man arrested in huge county lines drug bust

The 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of drug offences

Liverpool Echo

‘Queenpin’ who had £500 haircut and flaunted cocaine empire on Snapchat is jailed

Henna Ashraf, 25, went to the leafy London district of Knightsbridge for £500 haircuts at upmarket salons

The Independent UK

Controller of 'Curly' Line gang flooded streets with drugs

County lines gangs are known to exploit children to store and sell drugs

Liverpool Echo

Man from Bolton amongst four arrested after £140m worth of cocaine found in shipping container

"There’s no doubt these drugs would have been sold on into communities across the UK in such ways as County Lines fuelling further crime and misery."

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Liverpool Echo

Suspected dealers named as four county lines drug gangs busted

Police have arrested 98 people in a week

Liverpool Echo

'Drug ring' flooding streets with heroin and cocaine busted

Three men and two women from Liverpool were arrested as police raided homes across the country

Liverpool Echo

'Magical' answer for women on the edge of county lines and criminal justice system

'Magical' answer for women on the edge of county lines"

Evening Standard

Two men jailed after ‘abhorrent’ kidnap and rape of teenage girl

The 17-year-old victim was groomed and exploited as part of a County Lines operation which ran drugs from London to Ipswich

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Liverpool Echo

Suspect named after police County Lines drugs bust

Police raided the house and seized a quantity of drugs and cash

Liverpool Echo

New £5m fund will help teens escape from county lines 'grooming'

'Merciless gangs' prey on young people to serve in their county lines drug operations

Edinburgh Live

Gangs smuggling drugs to Edinburgh by train using vulnerable children as mules

Detective Chief Inspector Arlene Wilson, of British Transport Police, said so-called County Lines gangs exploit children to carry drugs on the rail network north of the border.

Liverpool Echo

Police target two areas and arrest 17 in county lines raids

Officers seized huge quantities of suspected Class A drugs

Liverpool Echo

75 County Line gangs are active in Merseyside, police say

Merseyside Police say they are "committed" to cutting the lines and reducing the number of gangs

Liverpool Echo

'Crime ring' smashed after County Lines drug trafficking raids

"They use the vulnerable to deal their drugs, whilst they sit back and live off the criminal earnings"

Liverpool Echo

Police suggest over 1,000 County Lines run by gangs from Merseyside town

Merseyside Police expressed concerns of the rise in the use of the drug in the town centre

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