Residents in an Ayr community say they are becoming prisoners in their own home, claiming the neighbourhood becoming a den for drug dealers and crime.
The Association say that they have been trying to get police and South Ayrshire Council to address the problems they say has rocketed over the last couple of years. They say they have been left to deal with violence, drugs openly dealt in broad daylight, syringes strewn where kids play, break ins and other anti social behaviour - from people shooting up heroin in public and neighbours being forced to navigate people passed out in common closes to others having sex in public.They said: “They are queuing up to dealers and nobody is doing anything about it.Residents said they felt the authorities were being disingenuous when they go to them for help.
“But we have phoned hundreds of times and nothing happens. It is the same with the council. When a council official comes along to a meeting all they do is say that they will pass it on. When asked about residents complaining about the response from council officers at their meetings, the spokesperson said: “When Newton Residents Association raise concerns about alleged anti-social behaviour at their meetings, they are provided with advice from Council Officers on how to formally report incidents.”
“Mobile CCTV has also been deployed in the area in the past. We have previously advised the group that they should formally report issues to make a case for additional CCTV deployment.”