Home Office cash to fight street crime

Rother has been allocated the money, from the Communities Against Drugs project, for front line projects and services to reduce drug use and street crime.

The cash will boost defence against drug sales but also enable treatment and support for offenders.

The link between class A drugs and street crime looks set to be disrupted as funds are made available to tackle the stolen goods market that can fund drug habits.

Rother community safety officer Melvin Elliott said: "We are delighted to receive money to help us become more efficient in tackling the problems drugs cause in Rother.

"Under the new crime and disorder strategy we will now be asking our action group to put together a series of initiatives, part of which will be supporting an extra police unit to target particular drug dealers. We also need to tackle underlying causes of drug dealing and drug taking."

This is the second of a three year programme of hand-outs to fight drugs and street crime.