Closure order granted for Swindon house over ‘child grooming’ concerns

The court has granted a closure order for a house in Swindon over ‘child grooming’ concerns.

Following a raid on the property in Bowleymead, Eldene, on Wednesday morning, Wiltshire Police applied for the order at Swindon Magistrates’ Court this morning (6 October).

Police alleged that the occupants of the address have been involved in drug dealing, the grooming of children and gang culture.

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The closure order was granted by the magistrates for three months.

Anyone accessing the house – other than those named on the order – could be arrested by the police and prosecuted.

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