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The Station House and Bull and Crown have been closed by police following a series of raids

4:33pm Friday 10th July 2009 in


TWO more pubs have been closed by police after a series of dawn raids in Chingford to crack down on guns and drugs.

Officers have closed The Bull and Crown on The Green and The Station House in Station Road using powers under the Misuse of Drugs Act on Thursday.

The pubs will be closed for 28 days while their licenses are reviewed.

The Lush Bar, also in Station Road, was also closed by police following a raid on Wednesday.

The raid was part an operation which saw a number of properties in Chingford targeted by police on July 8

A total of 14 people were arrested.

The operation was the biggest of its type in the last three-and-a-half years and involved 100 officers.

Police seized guns, drug-related paraphernalia, stolen property and cash in the clampdown on organised crime.

Comments(15)

Heartly says...
5:12pm Fri 10 Jul 09

Good kick the drug scum out of E4

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Elpam says...
9:14pm Fri 10 Jul 09

It's about time something was done.The ones who deal are'nt worth anything anyway so they're better off being put away.

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The Stowaway says...
9:53pm Fri 10 Jul 09

Three pubs closed in Station Road under the misuse of drugs act, the people of North Chingford are certainly bringing this borough down, such a shame the good people of leafy Walthamstow and Leyton are saddled with this Essex ghetto.

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Techno2 says...
9:58pm Fri 10 Jul 09

The Stowaway wrote:
Three pubs closed in Station Road under the misuse of drugs act, the people of North Chingford are certainly bringing this borough down, such a shame the good people of leafy Walthamstow and Leyton are saddled with this Essex ghetto.
I am sure there will be many people in Walthamstow scratching their heads this evening wondering where they will have to go to score now that these places have been shut down.

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devilish says...
1:53pm Sat 11 Jul 09

police raided a home off 2 old poeple gave them a fright off the lifes,this seems to be a invite for every known drug dealer to make there way to chingford has it takes the police 14 months to do raids, then they get it wrong!! the man runnying the operation MR MARK BENBOW this is the same man that said there wasnt drugs in hackney ( say no more)when doing a raid why do it early hours? why not do this when the pub is full and if there is any drug dealers,catch them in the act.seems to me this has gone wrong are they going to pay back the pubs for loosing buisness,NO THEY WON'T, they are going to have to build themselfs up again which will take time !.times are hard enough has it is at the moment.

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spacefan09 says...
3:09pm Sat 11 Jul 09

Elpam wrote:
It's about time something was done.The ones who deal are'nt worth anything anyway so they're better off being put away.
i agree in a way,but considering most people in chingford/stow/leyto
n like to have a puff isit really that bad??
at the end of the day no one forces people to buy drugs,they buy it becuase they want to.
we've all got our own minds.
most of the time people dont sell drugs to fuel gang crime
becuase alot of these dealers are working class men/females
your next door neighbour could be a dealer you never no.
its bad but atleast its not as bad as robberies,rape,murde
r
you never no you probably have a conversation in the highstreet with a dealer everyday not knowing.

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NO BS HERE says...
4:28pm Sat 11 Jul 09

brilliantly written, and punctuated .

thank god you are around to help us through these lean times.

well done, hope you liked the crayons

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styler29 says...
8:04pm Sun 12 Jul 09

people who do drugs have their own mind and choose to do whatever they wish. But when it effects the area ie crime fuelled to buy drugs. And IN the raid they found weapons drug dealling and guns go hand in hand so yes we are better of without these people and so is chingford

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ch815n says...
1:05pm Mon 13 Jul 09

The Stowaway wrote:
Three pubs closed in Station Road under the misuse of drugs act, the people of North Chingford are certainly bringing this borough down, such a shame the good people of leafy Walthamstow and Leyton are saddled with this Essex ghetto.
Good people of walthamstow & leyton ??? haha, most of the trouble in chingford is more than likely to have come across frm walthamstow & leyton

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spacefan09 says...
1:12pm Mon 13 Jul 09

ch815n wrote:
The Stowaway wrote:
Three pubs closed in Station Road under the misuse of drugs act, the people of North Chingford are certainly bringing this borough down, such a shame the good people of leafy Walthamstow and Leyton are saddled with this Essex ghetto.
Good people of walthamstow & leyton ??? haha, most of the trouble in chingford is more than likely to have come across frm walthamstow & leyton
its true you no.i don't no why people say things when they don't no what there talking about

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Fresh Gravee says...
5:28pm Mon 13 Jul 09

It is so good to see that since Labour relaxed Licensing Laws to the charge of the local council, the pubs in Waltham Forest seem to be run by people who make Ghengis Khan look civilised.

Is there anywhere in the Borough where a nice drop of Brown does not mean drugs?

Another great achievement by Blair and unelectable Brown

Tough on Crime and Tough on the causes of crime

Blair 1997
It is so good to see that since Labour relaxed Licensing Laws to the charge of the local council, the pubs in Waltham Forest seem to be run by people who make Ghengis Khan look civilised. Is there anywhere in the Borough where a nice drop of Brown does not mean drugs? Another great achievement by Blair and unelectable Brown Tough on Crime and Tough on the causes of crime Blair 1997

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The Stowaway says...
8:38pm Mon 13 Jul 09

First one out of ch8 15n & spacefan09 who can tell me the meaning of the word "irony" wins a prize!

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Eppingforest says...
9:45pm Tue 14 Jul 09

It is no suprise to anyone in north chingford that both of these appaling pubs have been caught out. Misplaced with arrogant and unpleasant customers I for one hope that don't open again as they were.

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leytonstoner says...
1:42pm Wed 15 Jul 09

ch815n wrote:
The Stowaway wrote: Three pubs closed in Station Road under the misuse of drugs act, the people of North Chingford are certainly bringing this borough down, such a shame the good people of leafy Walthamstow and Leyton are saddled with this Essex ghetto.
Good people of walthamstow & leyton ??? haha, most of the trouble in chingford is more than likely to have come across frm walthamstow & leyton
Why mess on your own patch when you can go and score in E4 and scuff up their postcode

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thetruthtold says...
3:24pm Tue 21 Jul 09

drug dealing is rive all over, seems to be the only way off making a living if the pub owners are resulting to dealing drugs. perhaps if our country was to sort itself out,ie looking after its own, we would be a much happier,richer drug-freeish England

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