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Arrests after "youth issues" in Shepshed

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Sunday, 27 September 2020 21:42

Police arrested a number of young people in Shepshed on Friday after reports of trouble.

Local police officers created a Section 35 dispersal zone.

Section 35 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 gives a Police Constable and a Police Community Support Officer in uniform the power to exclude a person from an area for a period of up to 48 hours with an Inspector’s authority.

A number of local residents took to the local facebook group to report the trouble. Police confirmed two arrests had been made.

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