70 County Lines Drug Rings Smashed by UK Police Operation

70 County Lines Drug Rings Smashed by UK Police Operation
Some of the drugs seized by the Metropolitan Police during an operation in London in October 2022. Metropolitan Police
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The Metropolitan Police has arrested 230 people and smashed 70 so-called county lines networks of drug dealers during an operation last week.

The Met said on Thursday it had taken more than £4 million ($4.5 million) worth of Class A drugs—which include heroin and cocaine—off the streets of London.

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