Dozens are detained and others safeguarded in a week-long operation across three Midlands counties.
Almost 70 people have been arrested and drugs with a value of more than £300,000 seized in a county lines operation in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
In county lines criminal enterprises, gangs exploit children as drug runners between urban areas and smaller rural towns.hundreds of people were arrested After the latest operation, conducted between 9 and 15 October, Ch Insp Wall said he was satisfied with the results. "But we have also placed a real focus on safeguarding those impacted by county lines drug-dealing. Whether that be young and vulnerable people being criminally exploited or those impacted by the wider damage caused by drugs in our communities."
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