Dorset Police crackdown on cannabis crime network
Forces from across the South West worked together to take down suspected large-scale cannabis cultivation and other drug supply networks.
Forces from across the South West worked together to take down suspected large-scale cannabis cultivation and other drug supply networks.
An Operation Scorpion campaign from 25 November to 1 December focused on child criminal exploitation and targeted county lines.
Abdul-Azizh Kamara was found guilty of the supply and possession of drugs as well as assaulting an emergency worker.
Operation Scorpion took place across the South West from 10-16 June resulting in 64 arrests and the seizure of drugs and weapons.
A police operation in Dorset saw 26 arrests and the seizure by Dorset Police of drugs, cash, mobile phones and weapons.
Communities in Dorset are urged to report any drug-related activity in Operation Scorpion, which covers the South West.
A quantity of drugs were seized in Bournemouth and Weymouth this week as part of Operation Scorpion in which a teenager was arrested.
The operation targeted hotspot areas across the South West, including Bournemouth, focusing on the night-time economy.
The seven dealers were involved in operations that involved millions of pounds of class A drugs being sold.
Not only were 18 people arrested under Operation Scorpion, but weapons and cash were also seized and county lines disrupted.