Four men behind the ‘Ginge’ county drugs line are now facing almost 26 years in prison for what a judge said was the exploitation of vulnerable people by the gang, including “extreme violence with weapons”.

Detectives have now called on communities across Bedfordshire to be wary of the practice known as cuckooing in order to keep vulnerable people safe from this kind of exploitation by organised crime.

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