{"id":109743,"date":"2026-08-24T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/109743\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:30:10","slug":"norfolk-news-five-arrested-after-illegal-rave-in-little-snoring-shut-down-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/109743\/","title":{"rendered":"Norfolk news: Five arrested after illegal rave in Little Snoring shut down by police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norfolk Police arrested five people after breaking up an unlicensed rave in the village of Little Snoring during the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Officers were alerted to the disturbance shortly after 1am on August 23, with the event near Fakenham prompting complaints from residents across the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

Those arrested face a range of suspected offences, including drug driving, drink driving, possession of a Class A substance with intent to supply and operating a licensable activity without the required authorisation.<\/p>\n

The noise from the gathering could reportedly be heard as far away as neighbouring Great Snoring, with locals taking to social media to voice their frustration.<\/p>\n

Police arriving at the scene confiscated sound systems, generators and vehicles used for the event.<\/p>\n

The entrance to the site was then sealed off to prevent further attendees from joining the gathering.<\/p>\n

Authorities maintained a close watch throughout the night and into Sunday morning before instructing partygoers to leave and disperse.<\/p>\n

By late morning, a significant number of those attending had vacated the site.<\/p>\n

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Police arriving at the scene confiscated sound systems, generators and vehicles used for the event<\/p>\n

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An inquiry is now under way as detectives work to establish who was behind the organisation of the illegal event.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Craig Miller said: “We are committed to doing everything we can to prevent, disrupt and stop these events from taking place, while reducing their impact on local communities.”<\/p>\n

He thanked the landowner and nearby residents for their patience as officers worked to bring the situation under control swiftly and safely.<\/p>\n

“Unauthorised music events such as this can cause significant disruption and often result in damage to the natural environment.<\/p>\n

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An inquiry is now under way as detectives work to establish who was behind the organisation of the illegal event<\/p>\n

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NORFOLK POLICE<\/p>\n

“As they are not required to meet recognised safety standards, they can also place attendees at risk,” he added.<\/p>\n

The superintendent confirmed that the force’s efforts would not end with the closure of the event, with investigations into those responsible set to continue.<\/p>\n

Patrick Galbraith, a resident of Great Snoring, told the Eastern Daily Press that he visited the rave site on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Despite the disruption, he said he found the attendees “very friendly”.<\/p>\n

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Around 1,350 illegal raves are held across Britain every year<\/p>\n

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“A young raver apologised for snorting a white substance off his phone in front of me,” Mr Galbraith added.<\/p>\n

Mr Galbraith also reported that officers told him they required riot shields to intervene at the event.<\/p>\n

“This surprised me as there were not that many ravers,” he said. <\/p>\n

In February, the annual Night Time Industries Association report found that around 1,350 illegal raves are held across Britain every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norfolk Police arrested five people after breaking up an unlicensed rave in the village of Little Snoring during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[380,61,4876,18,16,5,6],"class_list":["post-109743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-across-the-uk","tag-crime","tag-east-of-england","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117149789233253881","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}