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Support services for victims of county lines exploitation given funding boost

The Home Office has allocated up to £5 million to support victims of county lines exploitation over the next three years. Hundreds of victims will be helped to escape drug gangs following the expansion of support services in London, the West ...

24 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Suspected modern slavery victims in UK ‘at highest quarterly level on record’

The number of suspected modern slavery victims in the UK has risen to its highest quarterly level on record, figures show. Some 4,171 potential victims of trafficking, slavery and forced labour were referred to the Home Office between April ...

11 Aug 2022 at 12:13

More than 1,400 arrests in a week in nationwide county lines crackdown

More than 1,400 people have been arrested in a week as part of a nationwide crackdown on county lines drug gangs, police said. Drugs were found hidden inside dog bones in one search during the operation, which uncovered around £4.25 ...

18 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Exploited children in care ‘going missing 10 times on average a year’

Children in care who are victims of exploitation are going missing on average ten times each a year, figures show. Around half of children in care identified by their local council as being a victim of exploitation went missing ...

18 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Almost 1,700 suspects, including drug dealers, arrested over six weeks by Met

Almost 1,700 suspects – including violent criminals, drug dealers and sex offenders – have been arrested in London over the past six weeks during a surge in operations, the Metropolitan Police has said. As part of Operation ...

18 Nov 2022 at 20:02

More than 200 arrests made in week-long crackdown on county lines drug gangs

Metropolitan Police say they made more than 200 arrests and seized over one million pounds worth of drugs during a week-long crackdown on county lines gangs in London. From Monday February 27 to Sunday March 5, Met ...

09 Mar 2023 at 01:10

Three charged after county lines drug raids

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a county lines drug operation. Police carried out a series of six search warrants at properties in Aberdeen and Merseyside as part of the operation on ...

03 Aug 2023 at 15:19

More than 1,600 arrests in week-long crackdown on county lines gangs

More than 1,600 suspected members of county lines drug dealing gangs have been arrested in one week across England and Wales. Action by police forces across the two countries saw class A drugs worth £1.2 ...

20 Oct 2023 at 02:30

XL bully dogs and hundreds of weapons seized in county lines drug gang raids

Eight XL bully dogs and more than 600 weapons including guns, nunchucks and knuckledusters have been seized in a week of police raids on county lines drug gangs. A total of 1,874 suspects were arrested ...

15 Mar 2024 at 11:04

Primary school children running drugs for gangs has ‘become the norm’

Primary school-aged children running drugs for gangs has “become the norm” while young teenagers are heading up county lines operations, the former children’s commissioner has warned. Anne Longfield, ...

04 Nov 2022 at 02:47

Drug dealers targeting boys as young as 13 to work in gangs

Teenage boys as young as 13 are being lured with promises of money and gifts to work for drug dealers, police have warned. Young people are offered cash, mobile phones, vapes and clothes to take ...

01 Mar 2023 at 00:01

More county lines closed than ever before in week of police action against drugs

Police have pledged to be relentless in their pursuit of drug dealers as they revealed they have shut down 172 county lines in a week and arrested hundreds of people suspected of being involved ...

13 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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