Remayo Sterling, aged 24 from Tipton has today been sentenced to five years in prison for running a county line into Worcester, he was driving a stolen vehicle. A significant amount of Class A drugs and a lock knife was recovered from the vehicle.

'County lines' is a type of criminal exploitation and is when gangs and organised crime networks exploit children to sell drugs. These children are often made to travel across counties. The Children’s Commissioner estimates there are at least 46,000 children in England who are involved in gang activity.