Several drug arrests made in Cumbria

22 people have been arrested and 10 charged in drug-related crackdown of County Lines supply in the southern area of the county, according to Cumbria Police.

The arrests made today and yesterday were made in London, Coventry and Barrow.

County Lines refers to the practice of trafficking drugs using children into rural areas of the UK.

This moved has been prompted by a sharp rise in drug-related deaths in the county this year.

Those charged are due to appear in Barrow Magistrates Court today.