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UK. Essex Police use drug dealers' phone contacts used to help addicts
UK. Essex Police use drug dealers' phone contacts used to help addicts
A police force is using data found on drug dealers' phones to identify and support potential addicts.
Essex Police said SMS text messages would be sent to numbers found on devices owned by known county lines drug dealers.
The messages will offer those trying to overcome substance abuse a way to seek help from a charity.
Det Ch Insp Lewis Basford said the force hoped to reach "thousands" of people through the scheme. (BBC, UK, 16.03.2021)