Exclusive: worst-affected county force aims to eliminate drug gangs’ business model
Police say new tactics have enabled them to drive the expansion of county lines drug dealing into reverse, and have vowed to eradicate it from the country’s worst-affected area.
County lines – whereby drug-dealing gangs from cities expand their operations to other areas – had been growing every year, with rural areas such as Norfolk plagued by drugs from London and serious violence. Gangs had become so comfortable they were sending out “Happy Christmas” messages to their clients.
