Article: Police confiscate booze in disorder crackdown.

11.45am update: More than 20 drunks have been given their marching orders from certain areas of the city after police exercised new powers.

Since October 8, Peterborough police - one of the first divisions in the country to take advantage of new legislation - have moved on boozed-up potential troublemakers from the city centre; Hampton Court, in Westwood; Lawson Avenue, in Stanground; Grove Court, in Woodston; and Kesteven Walk, in Eastgate.

Using powers under Section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act, they have been able to not only ask them to leave an area, but also ban them from returning for up to 48 hours.

Police say no one has yet ...

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