County Lines: what is it and what can we do to tackle it?

‘You good for Monday, yeah? I have paid for ya ticket and got you those trainers you wanted, remember you’re going to this address and picking that package up, keep ya phone on, don’t talk to anyone and you will be looked after, just remember don’t mess this up.’ As simple as that, this young person is now part of a county line.

A county line is a phone line used by a gang to coordinate drug dealing across the country, the term county line can also be reference to the ph...