18 charged following major county lines drug dealing operation in Harrogate
Four people have also been charged with human trafficking
18 people are due to appear in court charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs in connection with Operation Jackal, an investigation into county lines drug dealing between Bradford and Harrogate.
Four of the 18 have also been charged with human trafficking of young people.
They are due to appear at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court on 7 and 21 October 2021.
“County Lines” is the term used to describe a form of organised crime where criminals based in urban areas pressurise vulnerable people and children to transport, store and sell drugs in smaller county towns.
The charges follow a major policing operation in Bradford and Harrogate during 2020.
Called Operation Jackal, it involved North Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Police, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, the National Crime Agency and the National County Lines Coordination Centre.