Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA boyof 12 was arrested on suspicion of heroin dealing amid fears gangs lure kids by using methods like those of ­online sexual predators. Older members of county lines gangs expand their trade by sending drugs from cities to suburbs with kids – who look less suspicious and get lighter penalties if caught. Britain’s top county lines drug cop Tim Champion said: “The grooming techniques now being used by county lines gangs are similar to what we see in online sexual exploitation of children. In the West Midlands a boy of 13 was detained for possession of cocaine with intent to supply. Merseyside police arrested kids suspected of dealing amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, crack, heroin, ecstasy and psychoactive substances.

Source: Daily Mirror May 08, 2021 20:42 UTC