Mill Road cemetery, in Cambridge, is a notorious haunt for drug users and is set to be targeted to tackle illegal camps, drug taking and dirty needles.
Passers-by have also spotted homeless people sitting in the graves while injecting themselves and drinking, and so far there has been 213 needles found at the site.
The council’s team of litter pickers regularly target the cemetery – and volunteers are clearing up vegetation so there is nowhere to camp.
A city council spokesman said: ‘Council officers have been working with the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery group to identify hotspots for anti-social behaviour in the cemetery, such as littering, rough sleeping and drug taking, and to draw up an action plan to tackle them. Full story...
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Passers-by have also spotted homeless people sitting in the graves while injecting themselves and drinking, and so far there has been 213 needles found at the site.
The council’s team of litter pickers regularly target the cemetery – and volunteers are clearing up vegetation so there is nowhere to camp.
A city council spokesman said: ‘Council officers have been working with the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery group to identify hotspots for anti-social behaviour in the cemetery, such as littering, rough sleeping and drug taking, and to draw up an action plan to tackle them. Full story...
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