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Five arrested in raids targeting Black Country drug supply network
West Midlands Police dismantled a suspected Class A drug network, arresting five men and seizing cash, knives, and imitation firearms to combat organised crime.
- West Midlands Police's County Lines Taskforce arrested five men during raids across Sandwell and Dudley targeting the 'Dappa Line,' a suspected Class A drug supply network operating in the Black Country.
- The operation forms part of Operation Target, West Midlands Police's ongoing campaign to tackle serious and organised crime by disrupting illegal drug networks and related criminal activity across the region.
- Officers recovered mobile phones, cash, knives, imitation firearms, and ammunition; searches continue at one address for suspected gunpowder with support from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.
- West Midlands Police stated the force is 'committed to disrupting the supply of drugs' in the region, while confirming there is no wider threat to the public from the operation.
- Police forces including Lancashire Constabulary and the PSNI's Organised Crime Branch recently conducted similar proactive operations against organised drug supply networks, reflecting concentrated nationwide enforcement against serious crime.
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