protests across france over pension reform plans which include raising the retirement age to 64. now it s time for breaking the county lines. it s every parent s nightmare. he was climbing out the windows every night. he was climbing out the windows every night. they had him selling crack and heroin. young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. he was beaten badly. to see your child s face twice the size of what it should be, no mother should see. there are calls for a change in the law. to make it a specific offence to deal to children under 16. but are they criminals or victims? if children are being exploited and coerced, the law- would not criminalise them in those circumstances. - today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the
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in there was some very, very tall, older teens to early 20s, and there was, like, stalks of skunk cannabis, all over my kitchen. and they d obviouslyjust cropped, as they call it, and they were bagging up in my kitchen, and sorting it all out. when i went in, i was quite shocked, and my reaction was what do you think you re all doing, how dare you? they all ignored me. nobody lifted an eyebrow. i thought that that that me sort of cursing, and and my tone, it d have made everyone walk out. my son just looked and sort of said don t start and i had to back out of the room. and that s when i realised things were getting really, really bad. i was phoning social services and i were finding weapons as well machetes, knives he was getting caught with knives at school. i was taking them to the police station, asking them will you please arrest my son?