More than £200,000 of cannabis found in police sting.
Drug lines were smashed, multiple arrests were made and thousands of pounds worth of drugs were seized in a crime smashing operation at Milton Keynes and Northampton railway stations.
British Transport Police, working with the Northamptonshire and Thames Valley Police Forces, disrupted drugs lines and made several arrests during a two-day operation at the two mainline stations.
The high visibility operation used passive drugs dogs and knife arches among the arsenal of police resources to crack down on county lines activity across the region. Three active deal lines were identified, £25,000 in cash was seized along with £9000 worth of class A drugs and a 14 kilo cannabis haul with a street value of around £210,000.
Among the highlights of the operation were: a 20-year-old man was spotted acting suspiciously and found to have a machete with a 45cm blade concealed in his jogging pants; another man was searched and found to be in possession of around £3000 in cash as well as quantities of crack cocaine and heroin. He was arrested for possession with intent to supply.
Additionally, three warrants were executed in the Milton Keynes area from intelligence received, resulting in a further three people being arrested for possession with intent to supply class B drugs after four kilos of cannabis were recovered along with £2,000 in cash.
“Make no mistake – our taskforce is waging a war on county lines drugs gangs, and we will not rest until we have dismantled this evil trade which profits from misery and addiction and the exploitation of the vulnerable,” said detective inspector Ian Henderson, from BTP’s County Lines Taskforce.
“This operation, in conjunction with our colleagues at Thames Valley Police and Northants Police, is yet another significant step towards achieving this goal with deadly weapons, drugs and profits from criminal enterprise taken off the streets.
“We are always on the network whether you spot us or not; if you’re using the railway to transport drugs, weapons or cash and exploiting the most vulnerable in our society then your days are numbered.”
