Harrowing images of knife wounds released by police to highlight drug gang violence
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Computer-filtered images of horrific injuries caused to young teenage boys in gang-related machete attacks in Leeds have been released by police to highlight a landmark operation to target the issue.
A total of 57 arrests have been made, along with seizures of large quantities of drugs and weapons, under Operation Dietbank, which concluded last week following earlier arrests in March.
The two arrest phases, which saw drugs warrants executed at addresses across the city, were the culmination of a year-long investigation led by specialist detectives from Leeds District Programme Precision Team, supported by officers from the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, knife crime initiative Operation Jemlock, Protective Services (Operations) and district officers from across West Yorkshire.
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