Officers from the Met’s Taskforce have been working with British Transport Police on ‘Operation Network’ in a bid to disrupt county lines drugs gangs

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Network was set up to arrest those controlling county lines and stop vulnerable young people being exploited within gangs.

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Officers were deployed with a view to identify and support victims of abuse, who are often forced to deliver and deal drugs.

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