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One in eight teenagers (12%) said that in the past 12 months they’d been asked to either sell drugs, transport drugs, or store drugs, weapons or money. Around a quarter of those who were approached to do one of these things went through with it — the equivalent of 120,000 13–17-year-olds in England and Wales.
A quarter of children approached to sell or transport drugs, or hide drugs, weapons or money went through with it.
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