A SECOND closure orders has been slapped on a home in Oxford to stop drug dealers 'cuckooing' it, it has been revealed.

Oxford City Council put this shut-down on a property in Friars Wharf, to protect the vulnerable resident from dealers who had been using as a base.

Council officers said they took action after becoming aware that out-of-town drug pushers had been taking over the property.

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The authority and police had received a string of reports about drug taking and other antisocial behaviour at the home which led them to realise what had been going on.

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The order restricts anyone from entering the property except for the resident, support workers, police officers, city council officers and agents working on behalf of the organisations.

It was granted by Oxford Magistrates' Court on November 29, and last for three months, but the council only revealed its success yesterday.

It comes after the authority announced on Monday that it had successfully got another closure order on a flat in Ferry Hinksey Road for the exact same reason.

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At the beginning of February, the council gave this paper an interview with a man who had been a victim of cuckooing, who told how the dealers had taken over his home and his life by manipulating his drug problem, leaving him feeling unable to stop them.

The announcements have all been part of a push by the city council, county council and Thames Valley Police to stamp down on so-called county lines drug dealing.