Kids as young as 13 have been arrested for a raft drug offences including dealing cocaine and heroin across North Wales, shock new figures have revealed.
Youths aged from 13-16 years have been detained 224 times by police since the beginning of 2011 for drug related crimes.
This year a 14-year-old was arrested by North Wales Police for intent to supply cocaine and a 15 year old for dealing heroin.
On three occasions 13-year-olds were arrested for possessing cannabis, twice in 2012 and once last year.
Other drug crimes involving youths across the region included supplying cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines and possession of heroin and “crack”.
The figures have shown a decrease in the number of arrests over the years.
In 2011, 65 youths had their collars felt for drug offences, but by 2015 that had fallen to 31, more than half.
So far this year police have arrested 15 aged 16 or less for drug offences.
A spokesman for North Wales drug and alcohol abuse support charity Cais said: “It’s pleasing to see that the overall trend in these offences is a downward one – we hope this indicates fewer young people throughout North Wales are choosing to misuse these dangerous and illegal substances.
“But these figures also show that too many young lives are still being scarred by drugs.
“Agencies like CAIS work hard to provide support and education for young people who use or are at risk of using controlled drugs. Our message is clear – it’s not safe and not worth it.”
In May this year a talented teenage footballer, whose chance of a potentially glittering professional career was thrown away after he dealt in ecstasy, said he was going use his bitter experience to try and help others stay away from drugs.
Daniel Roberts who was 18 was planning to write a book about his fall from grace with his aunt, acclaimed Welsh author Bethan Gwanas, and to go into secondary and primary schools to tell children not to make the same mistakes as him.
More information on Cais programmes and how to find help is available here or by calling 0345 06 121 12.
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/teenage-drug-dealers-detained-more-11838610
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