CRIMINAL gangs are exploiting kids as young as NINE to use as drug mules across Britain’s rail network. The youngsters are recruited — and often kept there by threats — as part of “county lines” ...

Hundreds of vulnerable children were safeguarded by the coordinated week of action.

Officers say they are on a mission to put criminals who prey on the vulnerable behind bars.

Police have carried out a month-long crackdown on so-called 'county lines' gangs - a model of drug dealing that targets local communities.

Seventy arrests were made and significant quantities of cash, weapons, drugs, and mobile phones were seized across Lancashire ...

Police have seized an "unusual" haul of items, including a gold bar, a gold suitcase, and even gold teeth, alongside firearms, during a week-long crackdown on drug gangs. The oper ...

Led by the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC), forces and regional organised crime units joined together for a week of targeted activity combining enforcement, safeguarding, and ...

More than 2,000 people arrested as police close 335 ‘drug lines’ suspected of supplying heroin, cocaine, and spice-laced ...

Police say county lines causes long-lasting harm to vulnerable people, who may be being "cuckooed".

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 ...

Across seven days of activity, enforcement teams seized around 1.5kg of cocaine, more than 50g of crack cocaine and heroin.

A total of 33 arrests have been made as part of a county line police crackdown across the county. Officers took part in the ...