Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother

A child was caught trying to sell drugs to his own mother in a shocking county lines criminal deal.

Footage shows a group of young children who were recruited to sell addicts crack cocaine and heroin in Oswestry, Shropshire, standing in a park before a woman pushing a pram approaches the,

She is seen being handed something by one of the boys, but police later discovered the woman was one of the boy’s mother.

The aftermath of gang leader Adam McArdle’s attack on a 31-year-old woman who owed £500 in drug money is also shown.

A man was filmed desperately calling 999 and telling the operator: ‘She’s been cut up mate, she’s been slashed with a knife.’

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The 31-year-old woman was attacked by gang leader Adam McArdle as a warning to other users after she owed £500 in drug money.

McArdle, 28, along with James Mason, 33, and his brother Josh, 25, ran a Liverpool-based drugs gang in charge of the ‘Boris’ line.

The gang recruited vulnerable children in Oswestry, Shropshire, to sell crack cocaine and heroin to users in the town.

Undercover police footage shows a young boy selling drugs to his own mother in a park as she pushed a pram.

Police launched a major surveillance operation to take the gang down after the horrific knife attack on the woman user on January 7, 2019.

The gang wanted to show what would happen to other drug users if they did not pay their debts on time.

As a direct response, the Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) set out to smash the gang.

Police identified McArdle and the two Mason brothers as well as 11 other gang members.

The gang had spent time building relationships with addicts and children in Oswestry, who they persuaded to sell drugs on their behalf.

On February 18, 2019, two of the dealers working for the Boris line were arrested and quizzed about the structure of the gang.

The following year, on July 11, officers raided the Mason brothers’ homes in Merseyside and arrested a total of seven suspects.

During a search of James Mason’s house officers seized £22,000 worth of drugs he had thrown into a neighbour’s garden as police swooped.

Officers also found cash and a receipt for a Rolex watch worth over £4,500.

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A Samsung mobile phone hidden under a sofa also contained numbers of dealers and people selling the drugs for the gang in Oswestry.

Just hours later, and after hearing about the arrests of his two partners, McArdle continued to sell drugs in the town.

He was later arrested and he and the Mason brothers admitted to being concerned in the supply of heroin, crack cocaine and modern-day slavery.

McArdle was also convicted for the knife attack on the woman and was jailed for life.

James Mason was jailed for ten years while his brother Josh was sentenced to eight years in prison.

A total of 14 defendants were convicted of being involved with the Boris line and were jailed for a total of 70 years in prison.

Jurors heard that between July 2018 and February 2020 the gang sold more than £100,000 worth of drugs in the town.

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Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother

Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother

Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother

Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother

Shocking moment boy sells Class A drugs to his own pram-pushing mother