Three arrested in county lines drugs operation at Skegness Railway Station

Residents reported seeing around nine offers at the station at lunchtime yesterday (Thursday).

A spokesman for BTP said: "Three people were arrested - one for drugs, one for assaulting a police officer and one for an offensive weapon."

Last month he British Transport Police was highlighted for its work on County Lines drug dealing in the latest report from the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

The report, assessed the current efforts of police forces nationally to crack down on drug gangs and their exploitation of vulnerable people.

The railway is a common avenue used by city gangs to transport drugs and cash into less populated areas – often using children and vulnerable adults to do so.

As the force responsible for tackling crime across the railway network, BTP officers are often at the centre of tackling and stopping toxic criminal networks.

Since the team began in December 2019 across England, Wales and Scotland, 80 peoplehave been arrested and nearly £20,000 in cash and a host of Class A and Class B drugs seized, alongside deadly weapons includnig knives, knuckle dusters and a shotgun.