Source: FOOTYMAD
World Cup Clampdown
World Cup news Police are issuing a clampdown during the forthcoming World Cup. The tournament might be miles away in South Africa but police in the West Midlands are using the tournament to stop anyone with a banning order from travelling as well as cracking down on drink driving and television licence evasion, Forty five people with Coventry addresses have football banning orders and they have already been sent letters telling them to hand over their passports ahead of England's friendlly with Japan on Sunday. Inspector Howard Lewis Jones told the CT: " The message is very clear. We want people to enjoy the World Cup but we don't want it to ruin their life. "By all means, have a few beers, be patriotic and enjoy the football, but remember that a moment of madness could mean a criminal record and a banning order that could stop you watching your team for a very long time. "It can have long term repercussions, so that we would rather everyone simply enjoyed the tournament." It is not certain if the police will use banning orders as a way of stopping football supporters from attending matches if there is trouble in pubs during televised matches or in town centres with big screens. Police have also said that they will step up checks on drivers they suspect may have been drinking during the World Cup. Television licence inspectors are to blitz Coventry & Warwickshire checking for those watching television without a licence or having a colour tv but possessing a black and white licence.
