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Police close Newbury ‘drug house’
POLICE successfully carried out the first drugs closure order in West Berkshire last week.
Officers moved in at an address in Green Lane, Newbury, to put a stop to drug activity in the area as the property had been associated with reports of drug related crime and anti-social behaviour.
The Newbury Neighbourhood Policing Team was granted the order for a property in Green Lane, Newbury, for a period of three months by Slough Magistrates Court last Friday.
A drugs house closure order can be upheld when: (a) the premises in respect of which the closure notice was issued have been used in connection with the unlawful ...
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