Sky News joins police on county lines crackdown

Sky News joined police on a raid as more than two thousand people were arrested. Police are stepping up efforts to disrupt criminal drug networks known as "county lines".

But the nationwide crackdown also highlighted how the gangs exploit the vulnerable with almost 10 per cent of those arrested being children.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/drugs-guns-gold-bars-and-teeth-sky-news-joins-police-on-county-lines-crackdown-13518826

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