Saturday, January 31, 2004

Police close 'drugs den'

A suspected Nottinghamshire drugs den has been boarded up under new police powers to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Magistrates have been given powers to order evictions and have houses boarded up straight away, instead of waiting months to gather evidence.

A house on the Ravensdale Estate in Mansfield was raided this week.

Neighbours had complained about hypodermic needles in their garden and about being kept awake by people arguing and shouting.