Alongside the arrests, 177 vulnerable people were safeguarded by police during the raids, which took place across London between 27 February to 5 March.
More than 200 people have been arrested during a week-long crackdown on county lines gangs in London, police have revealed.
Officers also seized more than one million pounds worth of drugs, five guns, and a number of swords, including a Japense-style katana, during the raids across theAlongside the arrests, 177 vulnerable people were safeguarded by police, several of them children who officers say were being"preyed on" by the drug gangs and"used as a commodity".
" networks traffick them and subject them to modern slavery involving horrendous emotional and physical abuse," Detective Superintendent Rick Sewart, the lead responsible officer for county lines at
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