Squatters have been evicted from a house in East Oxford.

At least four members of the public complained about the noise from a house in St Mary’s Road on Monday, August 16.

Two days later, the landlord, backed by the police and Oxford City Council’s Crime and Nuisance Action Team, visited the end-of terrace property and evicted four people.

Sgt Lewis Boyce, of the East Oxford neighbourhood team, said the squatters had only been there for a couple of days before residents began complaining.

He said: “We think up to about eight people we think had been using it. People were shouting and causing a disturbance in the early hours of the morning.

“Lead had been stripped from the inside and there was drug paraphernalia, it was a mess.”

Two people, whose ages are unknown, were arrested on suspicion of possessing a class-A drug. Sgt Boyce said the squatters left peacefully on request of the landlord, and there was no need for a court order.

One mother-of-two, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard noise and the property looks a real mess. It’s good they’re gone.”

Report antisocial behaviour to police on 08458 505505 or to CANACT on 01865 252969 and out of hours on 01865 742138.