A HOUSE has been closed down by the police due to frequent drug dealing and anti-social behaviour incidents.
Cheshire Police says that officers in Latchford have been granted a closure order to shut down an address that has caused a persistent nuisance for neighbouring residents.
Warrington Magistrates’ Court has granted a three-month closure order against the address on Reynolds Street.
Under the terms of the order, the property will now be inaccessible to anyone, and the occupant has been asked to leave and seek alternative accommodation.
Anyone who enters the property during the three-month period could face either a serious fine or a prison sentence.
Officers provided magistrates with a substantial amount of evidence from neighbours detailing various instances of drug dealing and anti-social, violent, and threatening behaviour exhibited by the occupant and those known to them.
Incidents at the address included numerous physical altercations between the occupant and other attendees that boiled over from inside the address onto the street.
Other reports included a high volume of foot traffic attending the address for the facilitation of class A and B drugs at all hours of the day.
“These incidents caused a sense of fear among members of the community, feeling that their lives were being suitably disrupted,” a Cheshire Police spokesman said.
“These reports also regularly resulted in policing resources being diverted to the address to respond to incidents involving the occupant and their associates.”
PC Andrew Schofield commented: “This property was a constant source of disruption for residents in the area.
“Due to the sheer number of incidents tied to the address in question, officer resources were frequently diverted in its direction to deal with the poor behaviour.
“I am very happy to see that this address has now been shut down, and it goes without saying that it will have a positive impact on the community and will give them some much-needed respite from the disruption caused by their neighbour.”
Anyone with concerns about anti-social or suspicious behaviour in their area is asked to report it to Cheshire Police by calling 101 or visiting cheshire.police.uk
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