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Key ‘Abs Line’ Operative Jailed as County Lines Network Dismantled

Today’s three-year sentence for Kirsty Reilly follows a multi-year Lincolnshire Police operation that analysed 4.2 million phone records to dismantle the network.

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Overview

  • Kirsty Reilly, 32, of Coventry, was sentenced to three years in prison after being identified as a pivotal driver in transporting crack cocaine and heroin from the West Midlands to Skegness.
  • Lincolnshire Police launched the operation in September 2022 in response to gang infighting and secured more than 70 arrests by analysing 4.2 million lines of mobile phone data.
  • Investigators seized an estimated £252,000 worth of drugs and £12,000 in cash and safeguarded three vulnerable teenagers who were exploited by the conspiracy.
  • Leader Alistair Renwick received nine years in custody and a five-year Serious Crime Prevention Order, while courier Connor Darwent was jailed for two years and six months following a five-mile pursuit.
  • Detective Inspector Will Tharby said the operation removed a “thoroughly harmful” network from Lincolnshire communities and underscored the ripple effects of drug dealing on local businesses and residents.