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Essex Police are taking a multi pronged approach to tackling drugs - Credit: Essex Police Essex Police will send thousands of text messages to people they think might be using drugs, to offer them help and support to beat substance misuse. The SMS text messages will be sent to people whose numbers have been identified following investigations into county line drug dealers. The messages will supply a link and contact number for Open Road, a charity that supports people with drug and alcohol addiction. Detective Chief Inspector Lewis Basford said the police focus is on targeting and dismant...

Drug users will be sent texts offering them support as police launch new efforts to tackle county line drug dealers.

Several cars have been targeted by thieves in Great Chesterford - Credit: Archive picture Essex Police will receive an extra £1.16 million for the county's Violence and Vulnerability Unit. Violence Reduction Units bring together organisations to tackle violent crime and address underlying causes, and to fund preventative projects with children and young people. The Essex unit was set up in 2019 and focuses on gangs, county lines and child criminal and sexual exploitation. The multi-agency partnership includes Essex Police, the Police, Fire and Crime Youth Offending Services, probat...

MORE than £1 million is going towards tackling county lines and supporting young, vulnerable people from criminal exploitation in Essex.

MORE than £1 million is going towards tackling county lines and supporting young, vulnerable people from criminal exploitation in Essex.