No arrests have been made after a home was “smashed up” and police seized "drugs".
The confirmation comes more than three months after Hemming Way in Watford was described as a “war zone” by one resident who witnessed chaos erupting in the road on Monday, March 6, at around 8.10pm.
The man said he saw a boy run into a house followed by mopeds and cars "driving from everywhere".
"About 15 people started attacking the garden fence," he added. "Sticks were flying around, and someone picked up a metal pole.”
He said: “It was like a war zone, it was terrifying – people were smashing up a house.”
It was later alleged that a stolen moped was in the property’s garden, before two stolen mopeds were recovered by police.
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The family who lived in the house told the Watford Observer they were too scared to return home after it had been “smashed up” when people also went to the home that evening with “petrol cans”.
More than a week later the police carried out a warrant at the address and seized bolt cutters, a cannabis plant and numerous phones.
In March, Herts Police said they were set to interview a teenage boy over the items found.
But they have now confirmed “no further action is to be taken in relation to this particular matter, due to a lack of evidence”.
In addition, no arrests have been made in relation to the group of people who attended the address on the evening of March 6.
The new information comes after the notorious house was given an extended closure order on June 15, after the occupants of the property, who had been relocated, continued to return to the area and “cause misery to those that live nearby”.
This was despite the house being under an initial three-month closure order on March 21.
Inspector Dan Jones, who leads the Watford Safer Neighbourhood Team, added: “Hopefully this will bring some long-term respite to the community.”
The order prohibits anyone – other than the emergency services, and utility companies in an emergency – from entering the premises for 12 weeks.
Anyone who breaches this order could be arrested, with further action taken against them.
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