A 12-year-old child was the youngest person arrested for drug dealing, new figures have revealed.
The youngster, who was detained by police in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, was one of 209 children aged under 18 have been arrested for drug offences in the area in the last three years.
A Freedom of Information request shows in 2010, 78 under 18s were arrested in Kirklees - a total of 30 were for Class A drug offences.
Arrests: A 12-year-old child was the youngest person arrested for drug dealing
The following year it dropped slightly to 71 with just seven for Class A drugs and by 2012 it had fallen to 60 with just eight offences involving Class A drugs.
In 2012, police revealed 12,000 under 16's had been arrested for drugs offences across the country.
The figures reveal youngsters are experimenting with cannabis, ecstasy, speed, cocaine and even heroin.
SOURCE-DAILYM
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