During one operation in Newbold and Grangewood a staggering 35 people were arrested – while five cars, cash totalling £20,440 and class A drugs worth £12,400 were seized.
In another Chesterfield bust class A drugs, large amounts of cash and several weapons were uncovered when more than 50 officers carried out warrants on seven addresses in the town targeting an alleged drugs gang.
5. September - county lines
Heroin and crack cocaine, weapons and cash were seized by more than 60 Derbyshire Constabulary and South Yorkshire Police officers. During the operation - targeting county line drugs gang moving heroin and crack cocaine from Sheffield into north Derbyshire - 13 people were arrested. Photo: Derbyshire Police
6. September - county lines
Eight people were arrested and drugs and cash (pictured) were seized in a huge crackdown on county lines gangs in north Derbyshire. Police also found two convicts on the run from prison during a search of six premises. Photo: Derbyshire Police
7. November - joint force drug gang operation
Five men were arrested at Chesterfield addresses in November as part of a joint operation between Derbyshire Police, the Thames Valley and West Midlands forces. Officers carried out searches at the addresses and found a substantial quantity of what was believed to be crack cocaine, as well as suspected cannabis and a large amount of cash. Photo: Derbyshire Police
8. November - county lines
The heroin and cannabis, lock knife, and cash pictured here were seized during arrests as part of a police crackdown on county lines drug dealing in Chesterfield. Police uncovered the haul after searching a man and a woman on Lordsmill Street. Later four more people were arrested at a hotel in the town centre after reports that drug dealing had been taking place there. Photo: Derbyshire Police