POLICE are stepping up patrols in Hereford’s Churchill Gardens.

The park, in Aylestone Hill, is being monitored by officers from West Mercia for “illegal drug activity”.

Signs advising of the patrols went up this week, warning that “anyone found to be involved in any such offences will be apprehended and dealt with accordingly”.

“We treat the possession and supply of illegal substances very seriously,” the message adds.

Those witnessing offending can call the police non emergency number 101.