Life behind the door is a term used to describe doing a sentence in prison. This post will give you the reality of day to day life in prison from an ex County Lines boss, who was sentenced to a 5 year stretch after being charged with a Category one Lead Role in a County Line. The Arrest My driver and I pulled into the car park of a restaurant to drop off some shots to a customer, we drove around the car park but I couldn't see the person who was supposed to be waiting for me.

Is exactly what I Googled when I first came across the term County Lines, and realised I was being cuckooed. Which is horribly embarrassing to admit, but it serves a greater purpose... so whatever. There's certain situations in life when you simply can't dial '999'. Or talk to a parent or teacher. Or seek advice from a doctor. Those awful situations in life when the consequences are too dire; whether 'dire' means dangerous or humiliating or saddening. Those situations where t

I was born and raised in a respected family. I Went to a middle class high school, where I studied hard and received my GCSE. After this I went to college where I finished a level 2 general engineering qualification and 3 A levels in Physics, Maths and Chemistry. I had great potential and I wanted to become an electrical engineer. But I started to hang around kids with no prospect in life, despite this I managed to get myself a job as a salesman. It became clear to me this

The approach taken to prevent more teenagers being exploited by County Line gangs, is to instil fear into their minds by telling them about all the awful things that will happen to them. Yet I saw first hand, the lure and attraction for why teenagers are so keen to get involved in County Lines. I'm hoping, that by the end of this post, you'll understand why 'the fear tactic' needs to be dropped. It's not working, and this is why... As adults, what do we aspire to? I hate to s

I felt like a right melodramatic, attention seeking, drama queen when I began posting links to my blog on social media. But it is with no exaggeration when I tell you, that on the day I created my Twitter account, I had simultaneously made the decision to commit suicide on that very same day. A notification that popped up on my phone minutes later, informing me that somebody had clicked on the link to my blog. It stopped me in my tracks. I wobbled. 100% certainty that I didn'

I read a police article today about spotting the signs of children involved with County Line gangs. I could tell immediately that this was the perception of people looking from the outside in. So I'm going to tell you how to spot the signs, from somebody that has been on the inside looking out. Trapped in the epicentre of a County Lines gang, doing nothing but observing these young teens being exploited. I am going to state fact from fiction and give you the brutal reality. H