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Last month we arrested 51 people in connection with county lines drug dealing. Dawn raids were carried out across the county including in Peterborough. Operation Hypernova, which is the biggest of its kind in the county, has resulted in more than 150 arrests, 134 drug lines closed and 105 years in prison sentences…. so far. More here: https://tinyurl.com/yey3anjr | Policing Peterborough

Boys and girls as young as 11 are being exploited to move and sell drugs across the UK - it's called 'county lines'. As many as 50,000 children are being groomed by ‘county lines’ gangs to traffic drugs from big cities to more rural areas. | Dispatches - Channel 4

Our County Lines Taskforce routinely encounter young and vulnerable people on the railway who have been exploited by gangs to transport drugs. This is the story of the ‘Blue line’ investigation, as told by our County Lines Taskforce lead, D/Supt Gareth Williams. The investigation began in Eastbourne when county lines officers found a vulnerable 16-year-old boy. He had been exploited to peddle heroin and crack cocaine as part of a gang’s drug supply business. This investigation would lead to BTP’

This mother's 16-year-old son is thought to have taken his own life after being groomed into a county lines drug gang. She is now campaigning to help prevent young people getting involved with these gangs who are using children to move and sell drugs across the UK. | Dispatches - Channel 4