Children can be recruited by drug gangs via social media, a council has been told.
Danielle John, a case worker for the charity which works across south east Wales, Gloucestershire and and Bristol, told councillors young people who previously had not come to the attention of authorities were more attractive to drugs gangs.Teenagers who with no criminal past and no social worker are "easier to move" by drugs gangs, the committee heardMs John said teenagers can be recruited via social media.
"Social media, TV shows and music can glamorise the lifestyle and it may be there parents are working so they do not have someone watching over them," she said. "They may like a picture on social media and these people will message them and say, 'You liked this picture, do you want to be involved and make some money?'"
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