The leaders of County Lines gangs are being targeted, with the Home Secretary promising to stop children being exploited across the country as drug mules.
Last year Priti Patel announced additional funds to combat the problem.
And after joining a police raid in Liverpool earlier, she told Sky News: “I will not tolerate these abhorrent gangs that are terrorising our towns and exploiting our children.”
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