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From BBC Leicestershire today, the above and:
A youth worker has warned girls in a market town are being lured into drug running by gangs operating across county lines. Kate Champneys has worked with several teenagers in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, who she said were groomed with gifts and affection. Champneys, of the Engage Youth and Family Service, which supports vulnerable young people, said: “They’ll end up being runners for the men who get hold of them, they’ll give it to them and ask them to drop it off somewhere. That’s happened a lot in Melton.”
I’m surprised to be reading of this kind of thing so late in the day, after at least 10 years of County Lines gangs operating across the UK.
Why?
In September 2025, BBC Highlands and Islands have the above and:
County lines gangs are forcing vulnerable women into joining networks supplying crack cocaine and heroin to the Highlands and Islands, a senior detective has warned. Det Ch Insp Craig Still said criminal groups based in major UK cities were sending associates north to co-ordinate drug dealing.
He told BBC Scotland‘s Scotcast that the suspects were often young men known for violent offences in their home cities. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy0xdxdl40o
Funnily enough, Det Ch Insp Still seems to have said something a wee bit different, more geographically precise, to the ears of the Daily Record reporter listening to the same interview:
They tend to be individuals who have been through the justice system IN ENGLAND, may have convictions for violence. They may have gang connections and they may regularly be in possession of weapons.” https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/gangsters-sending-teen-drug-dealers-to-terrorise-highlands-as-overdose-deaths-rise/ar-AA1MZ4Mx?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Funny that, eh? It’s almost as if BBC Scotland have an agenda.
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Albanian gangs peddle strong marijuana. The Police know. There is more cultivated in the UK than imported. The Police should catch them.
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