Town hit with dispersal order after 'gangs of youths' cause nuisance for two days
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Tameside town has been hit with a dispersal order after 'gangs of youths' caused a menace for two days running. Greater Manchester Police received reports of youths - including some carrying weapons - trashing a building and causing havoc at a supermarket.
The incidents took place in Dukinfield, in and around the Lodge Lane area, on Thursday and Friday. Officers were called out to disrupt the behaviour 'several times', GMP says.
The force issued a 48-hour dispersal order for parts of Dukinfield last night (July 7), which will run through to Sunday evening.
Sergeant Lisa Halsall, of GMP's Tameside East Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "GMP received numerous calls relating to incidents of anti-social behaviour in and around Lodge Lane on Thursday evening and yesterday. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features "Members of the public reported youths entering an unoccupied building and causing damage, causing a disturbance at a local supermarket and some in possession of weapons.
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