Over the last week, our frontline officers in Staffordshire have cracked down on County Lines drugs gangs to arrest 19 people, stop 184 deals of drugs and seize £3,000 in cash and an array of weapons.
County lines drugs gangs are responsible for terrorising towns, exploiting children and facilitating the illegal drug trade – and we are committed to dismantling these criminal groups once and for all.
That is why we have backed our police with £65 million to dismantle County Lines over the last two years – allowing them to intensify efforts to shut down drugs gangs that terrorise our towns and resulting in 1,100 arrests, 292 weapons seized and 1,138 vulnerable people and children being safeguarded in the last week.
We are backing our police to tackle drugs in our communities, whilst making clear that anyone found peddling drugs will be brought to justice.