Tactics being used by police to catch drug dealers across Essex | Clacton and Frinton Gazette
It is a sad but acknowledged truth based on fact and experience. However, that does not mean police officers will ever stop trying to clamp down on the practice which destroys so many lives. Over the past month, inroads have been made in catching those at the top of the gangs which exploit the vulnerable to fuel the trade. Forces across the UK boosted activity in the week from May 17 with 1,100 arrests and 33 guns and 219 knives among weapons seized and 80 drug dealing phone lines identified. There are currently thought to be about 600 so-called county lines gangs operating in the U...