Warning to parents over ads luring children into becoming drug mules ... trends now

Warning to parents over ads luring children into becoming drug mules ... trends now
Warning to parents over Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules ... trends now

Warning to parents over Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules ... trends now

Warning to parents over Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules for County Lines gangs by offering them £500 in a weekend Police have been going into schools to detail how drug runners have been recruiting children via the social media platform to courier drugs and weapons DCI Dan Mitchell from Scotland Yard's county lines taskforce detailed how County Lines gangs can leave children extremely vulnerable to serious violence

4

View
comments

Parents have been issued a warning by police over dangerous Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules for County Lines gangs.

The social media adverts have been found to offer up to £500 for those willing to sell drugs on a weekend, as well as working in return for mobile phones, vapes and clothing.

Police have been going into schools to outline the risky business on the app where drug runners are using children to courier weapons, cocaine, heroin and cannabis across the UK.

The Evening Standard reports that the gangs have been using the social media platform as one of their main tools for recruitment.

Speaking to the publication, Detective Chief Inspector Dan Mitchell, head of Scotland Yard's county lines taskforce, explained that it is a 'hard' thing to police against. 

Parents have been issued a warning by police over dangerous Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules for County Lines gangs. The social media adverts have been found to offer up to £500 for those willing to sell drugs on a weekend, as well as working in return for mobile phones, vapes and clothing (file photo)

Parents have been issued a warning by police over dangerous Snapchat ads luring children into becoming drug mules for County Lines gangs. The social media adverts have been found to offer up to £500 for those willing to sell drugs on a weekend, as well as working in return for mobile phones, vapes and clothing (file photo)

'With county lines, we see Snapchat being one of the main tools for recruitment,' he said, 'We are working with schools to build resilience in young people. That is the way forward, to give them the knowledge to understand this is a trap.'

He added that with county lines 'intrinsically linked' to serious violence and even homicide,

read more from dailymail.....

PREV Raymond Terrace McDonald's: Sickening moment apprentice tradie working at ... trends now
NEXT In news vacuum, rumours and concern swirl over Catherine mogaznewsen