In the third incident of its kind this week, positive action by police local officers has led to arrests connected with County Lines drug offences.
This morning, Friday 16 April, as a result of proactive work between the local policing teams of Gwynedd North and Ynys Mon, together with officers from the North Wales Police Intercept Team two men were arrested in Bangor on suspicion of Possession with Intent to Supply. An amount of Class A Drugs and cash was seized.
Inspector Trystan Bevan said: “The hard work of officers this week has resulted in significant successes against the supply of drugs in and around Bangor. This underlines our commitment to stopping those that bring misery to our communities from profiting by their criminal activities.
“I would like to thank the local community for the information we received, which directly led to the arrests this week. The message is clear – those that are intent on selling drugs are not welcome in Gwynedd North, and we will continue to pursue them in order to keep our community safe.”
County Lines
County Lines is where illegal drugs are transported from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries (although not exclusively). The ‘County Line’ is the mobile phone line used to take the orders of drugs. Importing areas (areas where the drugs are taken to) are reporting increased levels of violence and weapons-related crimes as a result of this trend.
A common feature in county lines drug supply is the exploitation of young and vulnerable people. The dealers will frequently target children and adults – often with mental health or addiction problems – to act as drug runners or move cash so they can stay under the radar of law enforcement.
In some cases the dealers will take over a local property, normally belonging to a vulnerable person, and use it to operate their criminal activity from. This is known as cuckooing.
Photos: North Wales Police
