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UK Forces Report Major Results From County Lines Crackdown

Police say the outcomes feed into continuing investigations, prosecutions and safeguarding beyond the week of action.

Overview

  • Greater Manchester Police executed 30 warrants, made 40 arrests and closed 20 active drug lines, including a Salford cannabis farm raid that led to six arrests with five subsequently charged.
  • Lancashire reported 70 arrests, the dismantling of three networks and 45 people safeguarded, with more than £97,000 in cash and 10 weapons seized.
  • Suffolk officers disrupted seven lines, arrested 24 people and seized drugs including about £122,000 of heroin, with seven suspects charged and remanded.
  • Staffordshire made 35 arrests, seized roughly £50,000 of drugs and six weapons including a handgun, and visited 16 addresses flagged as potential cuckooing locations.
  • Northumbria Police arrested 31 people and seized drugs, weapons and cash, while West Midlands and Hampshire operations brought further arrests, weapons recoveries and extensive school and community safeguarding activity.