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Officers from British Transport Police seized 150 wraps of Class A drugs from a man at Hastings railway station.

A group of ‘exploitative’ drug suppliers have been jailed after a joint investigation led by British Transport Police (BTP) found a 16-year-old boy at Eastbourne station who was being exploited to run drugs.

AN 18-year-old Halesowen man is among a group of drug suppliers sentenced after a major police investigation.

A DEALER has been put behind bars after running a drugs operation from a hotel room in Southend.

A BRADFORD man who was caught in possession of 107 grams of heroin and a knife at a railway station has been jailed for three years and one month.

Dodd, left and Hall, right. Two men caught in possession of 126g of heroin and one gram of crack cocaine on-board a train in Lancashire have been jailed for a combined eight years and 10 months. The discovery of the drugs was made by British Transport Police (BTP) County Lines Taskforce officers in February this year. On March 31, Andrew Hall, 46, of Anson Street, Barrow-in-Furness, and Daniel Dodd, 41, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply controlled d...

Dealer dads suspicious behaviour led station officers to pill stash Joshua Ingham was jailed at Hull Crown Court last week Sign up for our regular free newsletter for court stories sent straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee our...

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Campaign urges vigilance for signs of child exploitation under lockdown Date published: 15 February 2021 The Children’s Society is asking the public to keep an eye out for children who may be at risk Supermarket shoppers, delivery drivers, park rangers and bank staff are among those being urged to look out for signs of children being exploited under lockdown - including into county lines drug dealing. The Children’s Society is calling on the public to report any concerns to the police a...

05:57 EDT, 3 February 2021 Police have busted a suspected £1million county lines drug operation after dealers posed as key workers to fool lockdown patrols. Couriers allegedly delivered drugs - mostly cocaine - to 2,000 customers across Birmingham and Worcestershire by dressing up as care home staff. But the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (WMROCU) shut down the hotline. A 12-gauge self-loading shotgun was recovered as part of the operation and four men - aged 24, 31, 33 and 3...