Pub getting raided


My brother stole almost 10k from my mam and my grandparents via bank fraud to fund his. Went to prison for it.
Okay, fair enough. That's pretty bleak.

For the record, I think it's a bit shite that some people can't go on a night out without regular visits to the toilets to power their noses, but I'm not sure if arresting people like this is going to have the same impact on related crime as arresting junkies who get wasted in places other than pubs.
 
Witnessed my first what I would call proper raid by the police last night in Lloyds bar Durham. From my vantage point they blocked the exits off then sent the sniffer dogs in. Was quite amusing seeing about 30-40 solemn people getting frog marched out about 10 minutes later. Been in a few boozers where the odd copper has been walking about but nowt as organised as what I seen yesterday. Anyone witnessed out similar in the past?
Good.
 
Witnessed my first what I would call proper raid by the police last night in Lloyds bar Durham. From my vantage point they blocked the exits off then sent the sniffer dogs in. Was quite amusing seeing about 30-40 solemn people getting frog marched out about 10 minutes later. Been in a few boozers where the odd copper has been walking about but nowt as organised as what I seen yesterday. Anyone witnessed out similar in the past?
Chambers a couple of times years ago
 
Okay, fair enough. That's pretty bleak.

For the record, I think it's a bit shite that some people can't go on a night out without regular visits to the toilets to power their noses, but I'm not sure if arresting people like this is going to have the same impact on related crime as arresting junkies who get wasted in places other than pubs.
Every little helps.


You could argue junkies are a lost cause. The recreational user on an expensive night out looking for "a release" (you can fuck off with that nonsense by the way) might think twice if there's a chance of having their collar felt.
 
Do they? Like what?
My brother stole almost 10k from my mam and my grandparents via bank fraud to fund his. Went to prison for it.
Our eldest lad would take out multiple payday loans, borrow from loan sharks, once hocked his car to a logbook lender, and would take out mobile phone contracts to get the phone to sell it. All to feed his coke habit.

Used our address on any paperwork (he hasn't lived with us for years now - for obvious reasons) meaning we got all the threatening letters for non-payment, notifications that bailiffs would be sent to our home, all that kind of sh!te.

He did this not once, but on half a dozen occasions, all after we had bailed him out each time previously. We used all of our savings, took out loans, borrowed from other family members. Each time he was full of remorse, tears flowing, swearing he would never do it again.

The worst day of my life was driving him around Sunderland with a bag full of cash paying off the various loan sharks he owed money to. Lowest I've ever felt.

This all happened years ago - me and the missus have never recovered the thousands of savings we lost because he has no way to pay it all back. He thinks we have forgotten, but we haven't. It nearly split us up because of all the stress and grief it caused.

None of this resulted in the law being involved but anyone who thinks it's just a bit of a laugh and there's no real harm done is a f@cking moron who needs to grow up.

Just my opinion of course.
 
Every little helps.


You could argue junkies are a lost cause. The recreational user on an expensive night out looking for "a release" (you can fuck off with that nonsense by the way) might think twice if there's a chance of having their collar felt.
It wasn't me who said that.
 
Our eldest lad would take out multiple payday loans, borrow from loan sharks, once hocked his car to a logbook lender, and would take out mobile phone contracts to get the phone to sell it. All to feed his coke habit.

Used our address on any paperwork (he hasn't lived with us for years now - for obvious reasons) meaning we got all the threatening letters for non-payment, notifications that bailiffs would be sent to our home, all that kind of sh!te.

He did this not once, but on half a dozen occasions, all after we had bailed him out each time previously. We used all of our savings, took out loans, borrowed from other family members. Each time he was full of remorse, tears flowing, swearing he would never do it again.

The worst day of my life was driving him around Sunderland with a bag full of cash paying off the various loan sharks he owed money to. Lowest I've ever felt.

This all happened years ago - me and the missus have never recovered the thousands of savings we lost because he has no way to pay it all back. He thinks we have forgotten, but we haven't. It nearly split us up because of all the stress and grief it caused.

None of this resulted in the law being involved but anyone who thinks it's just a bit of a laugh and there's no real harm done is a f@cking moron who needs to grow up.

Just my opinion of course.
Sorry to hear that, and I certainly don't think "it's just a bit of a laugh". I know people who are paranoid as owt because they use coke. I think it turns people into dick heads.

I'm just not sure arresting users like this on a night out will have any major impact in reducing shoplifting, burglaries etc, although if it stops families going through what yours did then it will do some good.
 
Local working mens club had an issue with a few known dodgy characters getting in and apparently doing dodgy deals.
Their answer was to put up a notice along the lines of...

"All members - we have been approached by Northumbria police to act as a site for the training of police dogs.
The police will be periodically walking their dogs in the club during it's opening hours to locate a test package.
Patrons are advised that they should ignore the dogs and handlers and each visit will only take a few minutes.
We ask for your cooperation in this matter."

They never came back.
 
It's nuts, a massive amount of crime like burglaries, sheds, cars and garages being broke in to are done by local addicts to pay for drugs. When on the rare occasion they get locked up it virtually stops until they get back out again. Drugs cause absolute misery but for some reason they are seen as a bit of harmless fun on here.
Going out, having fun and taking drugs recreationally isn't the same as being addicted to smack
 
i remember a load of us being up tan hill on the bikes camping years ago, perhaps late 80's, when a copper walked in with his dog. there was quite a few of us having a smoke and a lot hid their weed in the bowls of pot pourri dotted around.
the copper was right as rain and saw the funny side of it. he stopped and had a pint and a bit crack. he said his dog was more likely to sniff out the crisps than anything else. just told us not to go too daft which was unlikely really.
 
This.
Remember it being a quite frequent occurrence in the late 90s.

It's the same supply line and you fund the same people.
Yeah but the original point was about drug use resulting in property crime. Your point relates to another conversation on the merits of legalising the use of certain drugs
 

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