Inside Britain’s ‘county lines’ where gangs are luring vulnerable kids as young as NINE to become drug mules on railways

CRIMINAL gangs are exploiting kids as young as NINE to use as drug mules across Britain’s rail network. The youngsters are recruited — and often kept there by threats — as part of “county lines” ­operations, where drugs are transported from major cities to supply dealers in smaller towns across the country. British Transport Police...