Updated 01/03/2021 09:38 GMT Revealed: Drug Gangs Are Stealing Children From Loving Families – Even In Lockdown “County lines” operators are using jaw-dropping tactics to snare vulnerable children across the UK. A ruthless child-grooming gang flew a boy back to Britain so he could continue dealing drugs after his desperate parents sent him to Kenya for his own safety, HuffPost UK can reveal. Another grooming victim had to be held down by his mother and siblings as he tried to knife his innocent step-father, unrecognisable from the star pupil and keen footballer he had been a few years earlier. These are among dozens of horrifying stories from desperate families whose children have been threatened, attacked and ultimately trapped by county lines gangs with little hope of escape.