Police Constable Andy Shaw, a member of Greater Manchester Police’s dedicated County Lines team, told The Sun: “Thanks to intelligence we’ve been able to move on this line pretty fast.
Greater Manchester Police invited The Sun along on yesterday’s raid to see shed light on the battle to smash the county lines dealers blighting Britain.
Currently police have to rely on modern slavery laws to take action against crooks who target vulnerable people - meaning it can be hard to get any kind of conviction for the harm caused to victims.
Cuckooing has now become a major focus of Britain's police forces and the government is planning to make cuckooing, along with child criminal exploitation, a criminal offences in its own right.
Today’s bust is also the latest terrifying example of so-called “cuckooing” - a sinister tactic used by dealers where violence, drugs and manipulation are used to gain access to a vulnerable person’s home.
