Drug dealers are carrying about like its business as usual during the UK-wide coronavirus lockdown making them stick out like sore thumbs and getting arrested.
In the bizarre days of lockdown, police have spied an opportunity to hit drug dealers with the empty streets presenting an unexpected “opportunity”.
Officers are now making “far more arrests” as drug dealers draw attention to themselves when they go outside, according to a senior officer.
Detective Superintendent Jo Banks, from Sussex Police, spoke about how county lines drug dealing has changed since lockdown was introduced.