Police authorise dispersal order after reports of 'young people causing harassment and nuisance'

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Police have authorised a dispersal order in a Bolton neighbourhood this afternoon after reports of young people 'causing harassment and nuisance'.

Officers will be patrolling an area in Little Lever in an effort to 'target, identify, and take appropriate action' against individuals responsible, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

The order, which runs from 3pm on Friday (December 8) to midnight gives the force powers to order people to leave an area. The order covers a section inside the A6503 Hall Lane, Victory Road, Dove Bank Road, Tong Road, and includes the edge of Moses Gate Country Park.

GMP said 'extra officers' will be deployed around the area this evening. READ MORE: The night the Northern Quarter will never forget READ MORE: Over 4,000 new student homes could soon be coming to Manchester - as plans for three huge tower blocks unveiled Inspector Maddocks from the Bolton South Neighbourhood Policing team said reports of anti-social behaviour are treated with 'zero tolerance'. “There has been several reports of anti-social behaviour in and around the Little Lever area, and we will always treat such reports with zero tolerance," he said in a statement. “Members of the pubic have been reporting that groups of young people have been causing harassment and nuisance in the community.