Officials in Devon turned to specialist gangbusters from Merseyside to tackle rampant drug dealing from Liverpool county lines gangs.
The Devon and Cornwall police area is the eighth most affected by illegal drugs supplied by Merseyside gangs, according to Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez. Ms Hernandez spoke following a series of raids involving officers from Merseyside Police which helped lead to the arrests of 40 people earlier this month.
Those raids, across Torquay and Teignmouth, followed another series of raids involving the Merseyside officers in May, which saw 43 people and a number of weapons seized in Plymouth. The Merseyside officers involved were part of an initiative dubbed Project Medusa, which aims to tackle county lines drug-dealing.
