A man has been jailed for 10 years after what police described as a 'UK first' county lines prosecution. Kieran Gaughan, 26, was convicted as part of an investigation into the criminal exploitation of a 15-year-old boy and drug-dealing in the region.
Police executed warrants in Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire in February under Operation Pinecrest. The teenager, who hasn't been identified, had been recruited and sent to deal drugs in Chorley, where he was housed at the address of a drug user, Merseyside Police said.
The user would deal drugs and return the cash to the teen, who would remain at the address with the drugs and the proceeds before handing the cash to those who had recruited him - one of whom was Gaughan.
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