£400,000-worth of drugs also confiscated in a week as part of coordinated campaign
More than 700 people have been arrested and more than £400,000-worth of drugs confiscated in a week of UK-wide crackdowns on county lines gangs, police have said.
In coordinated law enforcement activity between 7 and 13 October, 49 “deal lines” across Britain were disrupted, 389 vulnerable adults and 292 children were safeguarded and 169 weapons were seized, including 12 guns, knives, swords and machetes.
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