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Met Police: Play classical music to scare off drug dealers

Met Police: Play classical music to scare off drug dealers

Police have reportedly told residents of the upmarket London district of St Johns Wood to play loud classical music in order to keep crome of the streets that they no longer patrol.

The NW8 area has suffered high-profile recent burglaries and expensive car thefts.

Policing has been stretched thin by budget cuts.

Which is scarier, Mahler 8 or Turangalila? Asking for a neighbour..

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pictutred: street life in NW8

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