In a significant victory against organised crime, five men have been sentenced for drug supply and modern slavery offences, which included exploiting a 15-year-old child as a drug runner from West London to Hampshire.

In September 2021, the missing 15-year-old boy was discovered at an address in Andover, Hampshire, with wraps of crack cocaine and heroin for sale. The operation, led by 30-year-old Rhys Johnson from Acton, used the child as a “runner” on a county line extending from West London to Andover.

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