UPDATED: POLICE patrols from all around Warrington helped disperse around 50 youngsters who descended on Woolston Park, last night (Saturday) breaching lockdown restrictions.
The large group was dispersed when police arrived and details of some of the children they were able to catch up with have been taken and action will be taken accordingly.
Following the dispersal, residents reported that some youths had returned to the area.
Earlier Officers had received reports of around 50 youths between the ages of 12-15 on Woolston Park.
Local residents reported that the youngsters were tampering with cars as they are walking past in large groups.
Rixton and Woolston Police put out an appeal on their Facebook page saying: “If you have a teenager and they are not at home, please can you call them and ask them to return home straight away. We all need to work together to save lives and get to the end of the lockdown.”
It followed an earlier incident in the day when police over at Chapelford were called out to break-up a large-scale fight involving 30-40 youngsters at Chapelford.
Officers are on there way to Woolston Park after a report of around 50 youths between the ages of 12-15 on woolston…
Posted by Rixton and Woolston Police on Saturday, March 13, 2021
Police break-up large scale-fight involving 30-40 youths at Chapelford