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Boris Johnson will pledge to 'cut the heads off' county lines drugs gangs this week, as he launches a major crackdown on crime.
The Prime Minister is expected to announce millions of pounds in extra funding for the police to tackle the gangs which exploit children to traffic drugs in provincial towns and cities.
In a twin-track approach, resources will also be made available to help wean addicts off heroin, crack and other hard drugs.
The funding package will build on the success of Project Adder, a police pilot scheme which has already had a positive impact in disrupting county lines operations by allowing forces to devote more resources to covert operations.
The Prime Minister is expected to announce millions of pounds in extra funding for the police to tackle the gangs which exploit children to traffic drugs in provincial towns and cities (file image of a dawn drug raid)
Home Secretary Priti Patel has described the aim of the scheme as 'cutting the head off the snake' of criminal gangs.
A Whitehall source said: 'The expansion you see next week will allow us to cut many more heads off many more snakes.'
County lines drugs operations have spread across Britain in recent years, with criminal gangs exploiting vulnerable youngsters to deliver drugs to communities outside the major conurbations.
The funding package will build on the success of Project Adder, a police pilot scheme which has already had a positive impact in disrupting county
