People loitering on Rochdale estate face arrest in first-of-its-kind police order

GMP restricts access to Freehold estate for non-residents after reports of ‘incessant drug dealing’ and intimidation

Unwanted visitors have been banned from open spaces at a housing estate in the first order of its kind designed to “rescue” areas from criminals.

For the next three months, anyone loitering on stairwells, bridges or open spaces or near bin chutes across all 19 blocks of the Freehold estate in Greater Manchester faces arrest.