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Kids aged 11 caught with guns

Sunday People

July 05, 2026

County lines gangs recruit 'weapons mules'

- PHIL CARDY and MATTHEW DAVIS

CHILDREN barely out of primary school are being arrested for gun crimes amid fears county lines gangs are grooming schoolboys as "weapons mules".

Police forces across England and Wales recorded at least 1,369 arrests of under-18s linked to firearms offences over the last two years.

Some of those arrested were just 11.

Experts fear ruthless older criminals are forcing youngsters to carry weapons because they believe kids are less likely to be stopped and searched by police.

There are also concerns that guns are being glamorised among youths sucked into gang culture.

This story is from the July 05, 2026 edition of Sunday People.

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