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Young people being exploited by county lines gangs in Kent are being helped by a project offering specialist casework support.
The service is delivered by St Giles Trust, a charity that provides intensive help programmes for young people affected by gang-related violence and exploitation.
County lines is a term used when drug gangs from larger cities expand their operations to smaller towns, exploiting children and vulnerable people to sell drugs.
The Kent County Lines project was initially launched as a six-month pilot in September 2017 with Home Office funding in response to the growing concerns around criminal exploitation in the county. The charity was expecting to deliver casework support to young Londoners travelling to Kent to sell drugs.
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