Schools and councils call for help to tackle County Lines gangs

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Schools and councils call for help to tackle County Lines gangs

Children who are moved out of borough are targeted because they offer access to new markets.

Date - 23rd October 2019
By - Chris Smith

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The demand for more help from local authorities and the leaders of academy schools has followed a week-long police operation that resulted in 292 children being safeguarded after being pulled into drug gangs. Schools and care services called for...

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