Stop crooks using phonebox for their drug dealing (From Southend Standard)
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Stop crooks using phonebox for their drug dealing
3:30pm Friday 5th October 2012 in Echo News By Gina Marden
A BENCH and phone box, which have become a magnet for drug dealers and addicts doing their seedy transactions, could be removed following complaints from residents.
The bench outside the parade of shops in the area known locally as Stacey’s Corner - at the junction of Kibcaps and Timberlog Lane - in Basildon has become a regular haunt by those involved in the sale and purchase of drugs.
Dealers are known to regularly meet punters at the bench to hand over illegal substances in exchange for cash.
The phonebox is also used to arrange the seedy meetings.
But both could now be removed, after fed up residents said they have had enough.
Officials at Basildon Council have revealed they will consider moving both the bench and phone box in a bid to clean up the area.
Comments(13)
Ells
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4:05pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Soouthchurch59
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4:10pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Eric Whim
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4:25pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Soouthchurch59 wrote:too much like hard work. Much easier to remove public amenities like benches and phoneboxes.....
I thought the idea was to remove the crooks themselves....
Less Police/PCSO hours involved.
fattybasil
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5:12pm Fri 5 Oct 12
TherealIndiana
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5:30pm Fri 5 Oct 12
SpaffSpiff84
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5:37pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Nebs
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8:00pm Fri 5 Oct 12
fattybasil
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9:31pm Fri 5 Oct 12
fattybasil wrote:200 300 people going out on a Friday Saturday every week...but of course that was before mobile phones and facebook ect
its been like that over there for over 25 years
InTheKnowOk
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10:31am Sat 6 Oct 12
raa the yid
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2:47pm Sat 6 Oct 12
Altravista
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11:32pm Sun 7 Oct 12
perini
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12:01pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Altravista wrote:That would mean the Police would have to actually do what they are paid for - far easier to remove bench and phone box so the problem goes away for another 25 years!
Why aren't the police down there nicking the dealers/druggies? Stupid solution to remove the bench and phonebox, the problem will just move elsewhere.
Agree with others on here - nick the dealers and leave the amenities to be used for what they were intended for.
muffindamule says...
3:57pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Do the council have the right to simply remove a phone box though ? Just an afterthought.