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07/06/2006
Airport crackdown on World Cup hooligans
Police officers are conducting checks at Heathrow Airport in an effort to stop football hooligans from travelling to the World Cup in Germany.
Officers will be checking tickets and travel plans as part of Operation Jardon, which aims to stop people subjected to football banning orders from travelling to the World Cup.
Airports and ports throughout the country are also being monitored as part of the operation.
Around 3,500 people are subject to the banning orders - which require them to hand in their passports ahead of the tournament - but it has been reported that as many as 200 have failed to do so.
One fan has already been detained after trying to fly to Germany. Robbie Varle, 20, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, was detained at Stansted airport on Thursday. He had been banned from attending football matches in England and Wales for three years, as well as travelling to see England games abroad, under the Football Spectators Act.
There will also be extra police on the streets in London on the days when England play matches in case of any trouble.
Commander Bob Broadhurst, Gold Commander in London during the tournament, said that he wanted everyone in the capital to enjoy the World Cup. He said: "Our policing will be low-key and our priority is to make sure that this is an enjoyable tournament for everyone, wherever they watch it."
However, Cmdr Broadhurst warned that anyone who caused trouble or disorder in London during the tournament would be eligible for a football banning order.
(KMcA)
Officers will be checking tickets and travel plans as part of Operation Jardon, which aims to stop people subjected to football banning orders from travelling to the World Cup.
Airports and ports throughout the country are also being monitored as part of the operation.
Around 3,500 people are subject to the banning orders - which require them to hand in their passports ahead of the tournament - but it has been reported that as many as 200 have failed to do so.
One fan has already been detained after trying to fly to Germany. Robbie Varle, 20, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, was detained at Stansted airport on Thursday. He had been banned from attending football matches in England and Wales for three years, as well as travelling to see England games abroad, under the Football Spectators Act.
There will also be extra police on the streets in London on the days when England play matches in case of any trouble.
Commander Bob Broadhurst, Gold Commander in London during the tournament, said that he wanted everyone in the capital to enjoy the World Cup. He said: "Our policing will be low-key and our priority is to make sure that this is an enjoyable tournament for everyone, wherever they watch it."
However, Cmdr Broadhurst warned that anyone who caused trouble or disorder in London during the tournament would be eligible for a football banning order.
(KMcA)
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