Hundreds, if not thousands, of people's homes are being taken over by criminals every week in the UK, usually to store and deal drugs, police chiefs have told the BBC. Perpetrators of so-called ...

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For years, drug dealers have been taking over the homes of vulnerable people and using them as off-street bases by young out-of-town dealing crews. It’s a process that’s been given the name “cuckooing ...

"Cuckooing" is the term for people's homes being taken over by a group or individual for illegal activities, often associated with drug dealing After a crackdown on county lines drug dealing, 45 ...

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Cuckooing, named after cuckoos which invade the nests of other birds, is commonly used by criminals to take over a person’s home to store, supply, and produce drugs, or facilitate other criminality.

A new toolkit has been issued to police, local authorities and third sector organizations across the UK to help them identify and support vulnerable people who are at risk of "cuckooing." Researchers ...

IF the simple warning sign was meant to keep out drug dealers, it may come as little surprise that it failed miserably. Within days of it being posted near the flat of a vulnerable man in Blackpool, ...

Criminals who groom children into county lines drug dealing could be jailed for up to 10 years in new legislation set to be introduced next week. “Cuckooing”, where criminals take over the home of a ...

Five people have been arrested following two separate reports of "cuckooing" in Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire Police said two vulnerable victims had been safeguarded in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and ...