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A man was arrested in a dramatic police raid on a house in Liverpool as part of an operation targeting drug trafficking – as Crime and Policing Minister Sarah Jones vowed to crack down on the “bad trade”.
On Tuesday (7 October), Ms Jones joined officers as they arrested a 29-year-old man from Kirkby on suspicion of being involved in the supply. crack cocaine And heroin.
It comes as new figures released show a record number of gang leaders have been charged county lines Drug related offenses in the last 12 months.
According to the government, in addition to closing 2,300 “deal lines”, targeted actions on key transport networks and investment in automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology resulted in the indictment of more than 1,120 senior gang members in the 12 months to July.
The number is the highest annual figure since the government’s County Lines program was launched six years ago, in 2019.
The Independent’s Caspar Barnes reports from the scene.