Islington discovered that boys from the borough involved in drug gangs, typically aged 14 to 17, were found as far afield as Aberdeen STUART WALLACE/SUNDAY TIMESA London borough has used data from police, missing persons records and social services information to build a picture of how county lines impacted young people in its area. Islington council found activity involving people linked to the borough in 14 police force areas across Britain. The greatest concentration of lines was just north of London but one young man was detained in Aberdeen while others were found in Lincolnshire, Devon and South Wales. The council stresses that its mapping does not show county lines controlled from the borough, but suspected drug operations in which local people have been involved. Typically those caught up in county lines were aged…

Source: The Times November 27, 2017 00:03 UTC