Closure order for St Neots home

A St Neots home has been issued with a closure order following recent drug dealing and drug use.

The order was issued to 5 Phoenix Square on Wednesday (6 November) after a successful application from St Neots Neighbourhood officers to Cambridge Magistrates’ Court.

The action came as a result of frequent reports of anti-social behaviour and reported drug dealing and use coming from the address.

A closure order was granted and the property will be partially closed for three months.

PC Sam Palmer, from the St Neots Neighbourhood Team, said: “Residents living in the surrounding streets of the property have endured no end of anti-social behaviour and drug related incidents.

“The closure order allows the tenants to remain living at the address but will prevent those who have been attending to commit anti-social behaviour and other criminal offences.”

The closure order states that the house be partially closed in accordance with the Anti-Social Behaviour and Policing Act 2014. No one is permitted to enter except the two tenants and emergency services until 5 February 2025.

If anyone is found on the premises unlawfully they render themselves liable for arrest.