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Police and council close down Meadows drugs den

Police and council teams have taken further action on a house which had become a magnet for drug use, prostitution and serious antisocial behaviour.

The drugs den property, in Manifold Gardens, The Meadows, Nottingham, has blighted the lives of neighbours for more than 10 years.

Neighbourhood police teams worked with the Antisocial Behaviour Enforcement Team at Nottingham City Council to successfully apply for a temporary Closure Order at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court in June 2023.

They returned to court this month to gain outright possession of the property.

Complaints about the property began in 2013 and there have been reports of drug users coming and going at all times of the day and night, arguing and banging on doors.

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Needles, used condoms and burnt foil have all been found discarded around the address.

When officers from The Meadows neighbourhood policing team searched the property in April 2023 they seized Class A and Class B drugs and discovered a disused cannabis grow.

Police Constable Darren White, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:

“This address had sadly become a magnet for crime and antisocial behaviour that was making residents’ lives a misery.

“Officers and the ASB team have carried out a lengthy and detailed investigation into what had been happening in and around the property.

“The community had the confidence in their local police team to provide the evidence police and our partners needed to take positive action and shut it down.

“I’m pleased a court has now gone further and granted this possession order.

“Nobody should have to live in fear of their neighbours and we simply won’t tolerate this kind of behaviour.

“I hope it also serves as a warning to other tenants about what could happen to them if they behave in this way.

“This result has only been possible thanks to close and coordinated partnership between police and our council partners.”

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