Prime Minister Boris Johnson was out with cops in Liverpool for an early morning drugs bust - as he vowed to smash thousands of gangs operating across the country.
It comes as the government prepares to set out its 10-year drugs strategy for England and Wales, with a police crackdown to cut off the supply of class A drugs by city-based crime rings to the surrounding county areas.
It will include what ministers say will be the biggest increase in investment and recovery in an attempt to end the cycle of addiction and repeat offending. READ MORE: BREAKING - Man dies after being hit by tram in Manchester city centre The Home Office said there are 300,000 heroin and crack addicts in England who are responsible for nearly half of acquisitive
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