Police today unveiled a new "instant eviction" tactic in a bid to claim the streets back from drug dealers who are operating in the community.

Housing officers are joining police on drug swoops across the south of Birmingham as part of the clampdown.

From today council tenants found pushing drugs in contravention of their tenancy agreement risk losing their homes as well.

Det Chief Insp Steve Anderson, from Bournville Lane police station, hailed the move as a powerful weapon in the war on crime.

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