The Latest Breaking News from County Lines

Three arrested in County Lines drug crackdown in north London

The arrests were made in Camden and Islington in a raid which saw large quantities of cocaine and MDMA and £8,000 in cash seized

Evening Standard · Mar 18

Police storm County Lines drug gangs as record number of arrests made

A man was arrested in a dramatic police raid on a home in Liverpool as part of an operation targeting drug smuggling - as crime and policing minister Sarah Jones vowed to crack down on the “evil trade”.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

Police county lines strategy ‘cruelly targets’ black youth in UK

Home Office approach to tackling drug operations is based on ‘racialised tropes’, says new study

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023

Arrests made as police target County Lines supply between Liverpool and Weymouth

The action was part of a wider operation to disrupt criminality

Liverpool Echo · Apr 6, 2023

Eleven people arrested as police target County Lines supply between Liverpool and Wales

The coordinated raids were led by the North Wales Regional Organised Crime Unit

Liverpool Echo · Mar 29, 2023

Police take down county lines drugs operation as three men jailed

Three men have been jailed for running a drug network from Westminster following a Met Police operation.

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2023

Kirkby man arrested in huge county lines drug bust

The 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of drug offences

Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023

‘Queenpin’ who had £500 haircut and flaunted cocaine empire on Snapchat is jailed

Henna Ashraf, 25, went to the leafy London district of Knightsbridge for £500 haircuts at upmarket salons

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

Controller of 'Curly' Line gang flooded streets with drugs

County lines gangs are known to exploit children to store and sell drugs

Liverpool Echo · Dec 13, 2022

Man from Bolton amongst four arrested after £140m worth of cocaine found in shipping container

"There’s no doubt these drugs would have been sold on into communities across the UK in such ways as County Lines fuelling further crime and misery."

Manchester Evening News · Nov 29, 2022