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A major crackdown to dismantle ‘county lines’ drugs gangs operating in Norwich has been pledged with thousands more arrests.

In a twin-track approach, resources will also be made available to help wean addicts off heroin, crack and other hard drugs.

No limits Stop and Search! Youth chain gangs! – Sweeping police powers ‘discriminatory’ – Liberty THE TORY government yesterday put forward proposals for even more sweeping police powers. They include taking off all restrictions on Stop and Search. Under the Beating Crime Plan, more of those released from jail would have their location monitored with electronic tags 24 hours a day after leaving prison. The document also says Project Adder – which targets drugs gangs, offers help to addicts and increases the use of drugs testing when arrests are made – will be expanded from five ar...

Boris Johnson pledges to target drug abuse in anti-crime push Published image copyrightPA Media Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to cut crime by tackling drug misuse and using electronic tagging on more burglars after release. The government is also proposing that every neighbourhood in England and Wales should have a named police officer for residents to contact. Mr Johnson said his efforts to make society safer would be "unstinting". But the Police Federation, representing rank-and-file officers, said fighting crime needed greater investment. And Labour accused the government of be...

Jacketed chain gangs, visibly paying your debt to society. while the government's beating crime plan has no major new policies, several pilot projects are being expanded, including one where burglars and robbers wear satellite tags, so their movements can be monitored after their release from prison and then mapped against new crimes. project adder, which looks to fight drug crime by tackling dealers and people who are addicted, is also being rolled out to new areas, and everyone in england and wales will have a name and contact details for their local police officer. the government have been ...