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UK: '70 children' held for drug dealing
The Scotsman
Saturday 04 Feb 2006 At least 70 Scottish schoolchildren were arrested for drug-dealing last year. They included 10 children aged 15 or under who were caught dealing. The latest figures, from The Scotland on Sunday newspaper, came following revelations last week that an 11-year-old girl in Glasgow was being treated for heroin abuse. Authorities were alerted when the child, reported to have been smoking the drug for more than two months, fell ill during lessons at a primary school in the city. Alistair Ramsay, director of Scotland Against Drugs, told the newspaper: "The worrying thing about these statistics is that youngsters clearly are in contact with criminals who are importing and distributing drugs. "Youngsters must understand the full force and penalty of the law will be applied to them if they deal in drugs." Earlier this week, First Minister Jack McConnell raised concerns that too many children were being left living with drug-abusing families and said there would be a review of how social services were dealing with the problem. The newspaper published information on the number of under-15s or under-16s arrested for dealing in drugs provided by seven of Scotland's eight police forces. In Strathclyde, Scotland's biggest police force area, 29 under-15s were reported, while Grampian's figures included a 16-year-old heroin dealer and two 13-year-olds dealing cannabis. Lothian and Borders, which said it had no immediate, official figures, believed it had arrested 14 under-16s for drug dealing - including a 15-year-old supplier of heroin. Dumfries and Galloway and Central Scotland Police each recorded seven under-16s involved in dealing, while Northern Constabulary charged 15 under-16s for drug-trading. Fife Police reported 10 under-16s for involvement in supplying heroin.
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