{"id":314307,"date":"2025-08-03T10:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314307\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:46:10","slug":"the-birmingham-shop-ordered-to-close-as-police-warn-of-prison-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314307\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birmingham shop ordered to close as police warn of &#8216;prison risk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Birmingham shop has been forced to shut by police after concerns over crime and anti-social behaviour there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tic Tac shop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/kings-heath-and-stirchley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kings Heath;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kings Heath<\/a> was given a three-month closure order after officers acted on community fears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police warned anyone who goes in there now risks being fined, arrested, and even sent to prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Read more:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/mum-told-move-hartlepool-issues-040000765.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mum told to move to Hartlepool issues update after &#039;hectic&#039; search for new home in Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mum told to move to Hartlepool issues update after &#8216;hectic&#8217; search for new home in Birmingham<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a joint operation alongside Trading Standards, officers applied for &#8211; and were successful &#8211; in being granted a three-month closure order for the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The order will last until midnight on 29 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Inspector Neil Kirkpatrick, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Birmingham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Birmingham<\/a> Police, said: &#8220;We received numerous complaints about this store, and we worked with partners including Trading Standards to take decisive action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The order will hopefully provide relief to the community and help serve as a deterrent to any other businesses which may be involved in criminality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;PC Batchelor, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/moseley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Moseley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Moseley<\/a> and Kings Heath Neighbourhood Team have been committed to securing this outcome for the community they serve, which is an example of the importance of neighbourhood policing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you have concerns about any businesses operating in your area, contact police via Live Chat on our website, or call 101.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The force said: &#8220;You can receive direct updates from your local neighbourhood policing team by signing up to WMnow.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Birmingham shop has been forced to shut by police after concerns over crime and anti-social behaviour there.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[22049,855,748,114557,393,4884,114558,14294,114559,114556,29897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-anti-social-behaviour","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-closure-order","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-inspector-neil-kirkpatrick","15":"tag-kings-heath","16":"tag-neighbourhood-policing","17":"tag-the-tic-tac","18":"tag-trading-standards","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114964436411427485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}