It's been a bit of a problem in the town
A suspected shoplifter and a suspect wanted for a drug offence have been arrested in Newark. The men were arrested by plain-clothed officers patrolling the town in police's new dedicated anti-social behaviour vehicle on Wednesday, August 2 during a day of action.
Officers from the Newark and Sherwood neighbourhood policing team were patrolling the town this week when they saw a wanted 49-year-old man. Intelligence suggested he was wanted for five separate shop thefts in the Newark area between June and July. The man was arrested.Shortly after this, police came across a group in the Market Square who were shouting, and after running a check officers realised that a member of the group was wanted for an outstanding drug offence.
Sergeant Rob Harrison, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We know antisocial behaviour can have a devastating impact on local communities and affect people in unimaginable ways – we have repeat victims whose lives are blighted and ruined by ASB. The local community tell us that it’s an issue that’s important to them, so that’s why it’s a local priority for us and why we will always take reports we receive seriously.
"We’ve now got the dedicated car acting on reports and dealing with offenders there and then. This means we can respond quicker to reports of ASB under blue lights if we need to and have officers there catching people in the act and dealing with it quickly and robustly.”
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