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County lines: Arrests in Kirkby and Everton over Macclesfield drugs

Nick Potts Police officer in a high-vis jacketNick Potts
Four men and three women, aged between 18 and 65, were held

Seven people have been arrested as police seized heroin and cannabis in a series of raids targeting "county lines drug dealing", a force has said.

Merseyside Police raided properties in Kirkby and Everton on Monday as part of an operation targeting the supply of drugs to Macclesfield in Cheshire.

A force spokesman said a firearm and about £30,000 in cash was also seized.

Four men and three women, aged between 18 and 65, were held on suspicion of a number of drug-related offences.

County lines refers to the practice of urban drug dealers selling to customers in more rural areas via dedicated phone lines.

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