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    04

    Oct 2021

    Last Updated: 04/10/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    18 charged with county lines drug dealing in Harrogate

    by John Plummer

    | 04 Oct, 2021
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    It follows a major police investigation into county lines drug dealing between Harrogate and Bradford. Four of the 18 have also been charged with human trafficking of young people.

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    Eighteen people are due to appear in court in Harrogate charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

    North Yorkshire Police said in a statement this evening that four of the 18 have also been charged with human trafficking of young people.

    The charges relate to Operation Jackal, an investigation into county lines drug dealing between Harrogate and Bradford.

    The accused are due to appear at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court on October 7 and 21.

    'County lines' refers to drug dealers in towns and cities establishing supply chains in rural areas, often using young and vulnerable people to carry, store, and sell drugs.

    The charges follow a policing operation in Bradford and Harrogate last year involving North Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Police, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, the National Crime Agency and the National County Lines Coordination Centre.



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