Another 1,653 vulnerable people being exploited by the criminals more than half of them children were taken into safety during the massive crackdown.
Commander Paul Brogden, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for county lines, said: "We have targeted the drug dealers who destroy lives and communities with over 1,800 criminals arrested.
Horrific
"County lines drug dealing is linked to the most serious violence, demonstrated through the horrific weapons seized across the week."
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