\n West Midlands Police said its specialist unit has put almost 50 dealers behind bars for more than 260 years in just over six months.\n<\/p>\n
\n The force\u2019s county lines taskforce, since April, has identified around 250 phone lines connected to illegal supply networks and charged more than 125 suspects with over 430 offences.\n<\/p>\n
\n This includes three dealers who were locked up last month for more than 25 years, after officers shut down a Class A drugs line which ran between Birmingham and Solihull.\n<\/p>\n
\n The \u2018Kash Line\u2019 supplied cocaine and heroin between 2023 and 2024.\n<\/p>\n
\n West Midlands Police also recently charged a man in connection with the supply of Class A drugs in the Black Country area after a number of warrants were executed as part of an investigation into the ‘Frosty Line.’\n<\/p>\n
\n The taskforce\u00a0has seized hauls of drugs and over 100 weapons \u2013 the majority being knives – after acting on information and carrying out regular warrants across the West Midlands.\n<\/p>\n
\n County lines is commonly referred to as drug dealing, where organised criminal groups (OCGs) use phone lines to move and supply drugs between areas – sometimes within towns or further afield into other regions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Detective Inspector Mark Robinson, of the County Lines Taskforce, said: “Drugs are a scourge on our communities, they not only ruin lives but fuel further crime to fund habits.\n<\/p>\n
\n “As a taskforce, we’re focused on closing down illegal drug networks and ensuring those involved in running them are put behind bars.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The teams within the taskforce work long hours to identify suspected lines, carry out enquiries into who operates them, and undertake enforcement activity.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s through the dedication and determination of our officers and staff that we’ve shut down so many supply networks, made as many arrests, seizures and secured jail terms for offenders.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This is very much ongoing and we’re working night and day to keep the streets safe and pursue criminals who cause harm in our region.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police said its specialist unit has put almost 50 dealers behind bars for more than 260…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-560423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115522634251945831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}