Metropolitan Police officers found a missing 15-year-old, in possession of wraps of crack cocaine and heroin, at an address in Andover, Hampshire in 2021.
Five men have been sentenced for drug supply and modern slavery offences, including exploiting a 15-year-old child who was made to carry drugs from West London to Hampshire.
The child was being used as a "runner" on a county line operating from West London to Andover, headed up by a senior gang member, Rhys Johnson, aged 30, from Acton. The five men were arrested and charged with various offences including drug supply and modern slavery. They were later found guilty of these offences at trial.
“This investigation is an excellent example of how our Met officers have successfully dismantled an organised gang who coordinated the distribution of drugs through the exploitation of children.
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