Drug dealings and general scum
Discussion
Hey all,
Over the last few weeks our quiet little housing estate has seen a vast increase of anti social behaviour and general s
tyness.
It all seems to be linked around one property and generally kicks off each evening.
The theme seems to be a fairly nice car pulls up (Merc or BMW) and sits there with engine running and music on loud for half an hour or so. Ether a person on foot or another car will pull up to the passenger window and then BMW/Merc will leave and the person/2nd car will dissapear further into the estate.
Shortly after we'll then have 3-4 st boxes rock up with loud mouthed young adults bouncing about the place and being generally anti social (racing down the street, swearing, screaming at each other etc) they come and go throughout the night.
One car isn't insured or MOT'd (reported but police weren't interested)
Three weeks ago we had armed response officers round the area and roads blocked as a member of the group decided to run around the parks with a machete.
Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc) is there anything we can actually do. As reporting a car parked up with its engine running isn't really a crime
Over the last few weeks our quiet little housing estate has seen a vast increase of anti social behaviour and general s
tyness. It all seems to be linked around one property and generally kicks off each evening.
The theme seems to be a fairly nice car pulls up (Merc or BMW) and sits there with engine running and music on loud for half an hour or so. Ether a person on foot or another car will pull up to the passenger window and then BMW/Merc will leave and the person/2nd car will dissapear further into the estate.
Shortly after we'll then have 3-4 s
t boxes rock up with loud mouthed young adults bouncing about the place and being generally anti social (racing down the street, swearing, screaming at each other etc) they come and go throughout the night. One car isn't insured or MOT'd (reported but police weren't interested)
Three weeks ago we had armed response officers round the area and roads blocked as a member of the group decided to run around the parks with a machete.
Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc) is there anything we can actually do. As reporting a car parked up with its engine running isn't really a crime
Daston said:
Hey all,
Over the last few weeks our quiet little housing estate has seen a vast increase of anti social behaviour and general styness.
It all seems to be linked around one property and generally kicks off each evening.
The theme seems to be a fairly nice car pulls up (Merc or BMW) and sits there with engine running and music on loud for half an hour or so. Ether a person on foot or another car will pull up to the passenger window and then BMW/Merc will leave and the person/2nd car will dissapear further into the estate.
Shortly after we'll then have 3-4 st boxes rock up with loud mouthed young adults bouncing about the place and being generally anti social (racing down the street, swearing, screaming at each other etc) they come and go throughout the night.
One car isn't insured or MOT'd (reported but police weren't interested)
Three weeks ago we had armed response officers round the area and roads blocked as a member of the group decided to run around the parks with a machete.
Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc) is there anything we can actually do. As reporting a car parked up with its engine running isn't really a crime
It wont hurt to keep a log of all the activity, with photos/videos. At least that way, you can hand it over to the police with a bit of proof.Over the last few weeks our quiet little housing estate has seen a vast increase of anti social behaviour and general s
tyness. It all seems to be linked around one property and generally kicks off each evening.
The theme seems to be a fairly nice car pulls up (Merc or BMW) and sits there with engine running and music on loud for half an hour or so. Ether a person on foot or another car will pull up to the passenger window and then BMW/Merc will leave and the person/2nd car will dissapear further into the estate.
Shortly after we'll then have 3-4 s
t boxes rock up with loud mouthed young adults bouncing about the place and being generally anti social (racing down the street, swearing, screaming at each other etc) they come and go throughout the night. One car isn't insured or MOT'd (reported but police weren't interested)
Three weeks ago we had armed response officers round the area and roads blocked as a member of the group decided to run around the parks with a machete.
Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc) is there anything we can actually do. As reporting a car parked up with its engine running isn't really a crime
The police will have very little interest in this whatsoever, it’s just something we have to accept as ‘OK’ in our modern culture.
This stuff was a regular feature of the last area I lived, the police would regularly just drive past two cars clearly involved in a drug deal.
The local dealers house on our estate would get raided occasionally and they would be straight back at it almost immediately.
This stuff was a regular feature of the last area I lived, the police would regularly just drive past two cars clearly involved in a drug deal.
The local dealers house on our estate would get raided occasionally and they would be straight back at it almost immediately.
Mezzanine said:
The police will have very little interest in this whatsoever, it’s just something we have to accept as ‘OK’ in our modern culture.
This stuff was a regular feature of the last area I lived, the police would regularly just drive past two cars clearly involved in a drug deal.
The local dealers house on our estate would get raided occasionally and they would be straight back at it almost immediately.
Yeah Police call them small fry and allow it to happen as they know where they are.This stuff was a regular feature of the last area I lived, the police would regularly just drive past two cars clearly involved in a drug deal.
The local dealers house on our estate would get raided occasionally and they would be straight back at it almost immediately.
Report it to police with as much info as possible. House, dates/times/vehicles/ descriptions of people.
It will be noted and at the least added to intel data. Depending on how it fits to intel it will be acted on appropriately. May not be immediate and overt but can lead to tracing the chain members up from the base level.
I took many such reports when in our ops room. You can ask to be contacted anonymously if worried.
Not doing anything allows it to continue unchecked.
It will be noted and at the least added to intel data. Depending on how it fits to intel it will be acted on appropriately. May not be immediate and overt but can lead to tracing the chain members up from the base level.
I took many such reports when in our ops room. You can ask to be contacted anonymously if worried.
Not doing anything allows it to continue unchecked.
Daston said:
Hey all,
Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc)
Sorry, but no it isn't hard. What you're describing is an unsafe environment for children. The 'hard' thing, in my opinion, would be allowing my kids to grow up amongst that and just hoping that nothing happens to them and they're not tainted by what they're seeing on a daily basis. Other than move (hard with the kids at school etc)
I'm not saying moving is easy but in comparison to the alternative...
PS - Obviously I'd have some patience to see if it passes, you're talking about 'over the last few weeks' and that's hardly a permanent change. You might just be the flavour of the month for these individuals and they might relocate their business frequently.
Edited by J1990 on Friday 28th April 08:57
Biker 1 said:
From my limited knowledge of drug dealers, I'm surprised there is so much noisy behaviour. I would have thought they would like to be a bit descreet: surely it's in their interests to avoid brushes with the law(???)
This. You usually seeing the palming a handover where they aren't in full view.
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