A PROBLEM home in Barnsley has been ‘shut’ by police under new powers used for the first time - meaning anyone not authorised to be there faces arrest and even jail.
The house, on Crookes Street, Barnsley, was at the centre of persistent antisocial behaviour and drug dealing in the area and this led to an application for a closure order which has been granted by the courts.
It is the first time the tough new power - brought in under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act - has been used in Barnsley and means the house will be ‘closed’ to anyone but the occupants for a total of three months.
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