100 Lancashire troublemakers banned from Germany trip (From Blackpool Citizen)

100 Lancashire troublemakers banned from Germany trip

1:45pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

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MORE than 100 would-be troublemakers from Lancashire will not be allowed to travel to Berlin for tomorrow’s England friendly against Germany.

Police are working closely with colleagues in Merseyside and Greater Manchester to police ports and airports as part of a pre-planned operation, codenamed Operation Adhesion.

This will include specialist officers at the airports at Liverpool, Manchester and Blackpool.

Chief Inspector Val Prince, of Lancashire Police, said: “The overwhelming majority of England fans are law abiding and peaceful and we want to make sure that they are able to travel and watch the football without having to worry about being caught up in any violence.”

“To this end we will be doing our best to ensure that known football hooligans do not travel to Germany to cause trouble and and there are a number of banning orders in place aimed at stopping troublemakers travelling.

“Officers from all three forces are involved in rigorous policing at ports and airports in the North West to enforce these orders.

“Anyone found in breach of a banning order could find themselves before the courts and facing a prison sentence so my advice to anyone thinking of causing trouble is to think again.”

"In addition to enforcing existing banning orders police will identify people whose behaviour means they should be made the subject of an order."

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