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LATEST: Violent crime swoop results in 24 Sheffield arrests

POLICE in Sheffield swooped on clubs and anti-social kids last night in a massive operation to rid the city of violent crime.

Full story, reaction and more in The Star tomorrow, Monday, November 23, 2009.

Over 300 South Yorkshire police officers took to Sheffield's crime hotspots armed with special powers to search young people for concealed knives and weapons.

Operation Portcullis resulted in 24 arrests, including a man wanted for 10 robberies.

Another arrest recovered a quantity of class A drugs and 6,000 in cash, while three men were arrested for conspiracy to rob a local businessman.

Other arrests were made for possession of class A drugs and cannabis, with two people arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

The operation was centred around three Sheffield nightspots - Club Zion and Club Fortuna, in Attercliffe, and Club Vibe, on Charter Square, Sheffield.

Young people in the areas were taken to West Bar police station to be put through hi-tech safety arches which detect hidden weapons.

Officers took 82 young people from the streets and clubs to the search facility.

Social workers and police officers also toured three of Sheffield's most crime-ridden neighbourhoods, Broomhall, Burngreave and Upperthorpe, in efforts to curb the rise of gang culture among youngsters.

Kids at risk of causing violence, drinking or being sexually exploited were taken to a "place of safety" and collected by their parents.

The operation was carried out as part of the Government's Tackling Knives Action Programme.

Chief Superintendent Paul Broadbent, strategic commander for Operation Portcullis, said the evening was "incredibly successful".

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