Drug dealers trying to keep peddling their trade on the deserted streets of lockdown Britain are standing out like a sore thumb, and police have noticed.
And while the "whack-a-mole" task of tackling county lines never stops, police have found that the pandemic presents an unexpected "opportunity" to hit the drug trade.
Police are making "far more arrests" because drug dealers are drawing attention to themselves when they go outside, a senior officer says.
Speaking to the PA news agency, Detective Superintendent Jo Banks, from Sussex Police, spoke about how county lines drug dealing has changed since lockdown was introduced.
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