County lines drugs trade

16-year-old Joel Lorell Simpson stabbed David Hunt, 45, nine times in a house in Hull.

Samuel Coker would target "vulnerable residents" and take over their homes as a base for dealing.

William Bates penned lyrics about "swerving police" but was "swiftly arrested", officers said.

Police say the drug line the four men worked for often relied on children as runners.

Police targeted suspected criminal gangs who were moving Class A drugs via railway lines.

Police also seize thousands of pounds worth of drugs and cash in the raids across the West Midlands.

The gang sold crack cocaine and heroin through Liverpool, Hampshire and Plymouth, police say.

A former footballer supplied the drugs and had links to a network across Europe and South America.