Common Phrases

There are some specific terms that you may hear in relation to county lines.

Going Country/OT/Going Cunch – This is the most popular term that describes county lines activity. It can also mean the act of travelling to another city/town to deliver drugs or money.
Trapping – The act of selling drugs. Trapping can refer to the act of moving drugs from one town to another or the act of selling drugs in one.
Trap House or Bando – A building used as a base from where drugs are sold (or sometimes manufactured). These houses are occupied by someone (usually adult drug users but sometimes young people are forced to stay in trap houses).
Trap Line/Deal Line – This refers to when someone owns a mobile phone specifically for the purpose of running and selling drugs.
OBS/OPPO – This refers to opposition, as in a rival neighbourhood gang.
Plugging – This is where things have been concealed for transporting, usually inserted into the rectum or vagina.
Shotter – A drug dealer.
“G” – A gram of illegal drugs.
“Q” – A quarter of an ounce of drugs.

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