The work of specialist anti-drug teams in Essex and in the Metropolitan Police Service has led to the conviction of a drug dealer who forced a young boy to act as a runner

Grace Turner

Xavion Benson ran the Peter and Zak drug lines, which were operating between London and Clacton between November 2021 and March 2022. It was supplying Class A drugs to users in the Clacton area.

His conviction, under the Modern Slavery Act, is the first of its kind in Essex.

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