Overview

• Officers conducted 33 stop-and-searches across Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton stations, resulting in nine arrests.
• Class A drugs worth £2,500, £400 in cash and three weapons were seized during the operation.
• Five children and two adults were rescued from exploitative County Lines gangs, including two men found at a cuckooed premises.
• Two individuals were recalled to prison after officers uncovered outstanding warrants during the sweep.
• The operation forms part of a wider NPCC-led campaign that employs passive drug dogs, covert deployments and knife arches to disrupt rail-based drug networks.