sport · BBC ↗
Checks at East Midlands Airport to deter hooligans
Citation-ready fact
55 people currently had football banning orders, and most had surrendered their passports ahead of the World Cup in South Africa.
55 people · people with football banning orders
Leicestershire Police, police force
Citation-ready fact
Letters were sent to all 55 people with football banning orders.
55 letters · letters sent to people with football banning orders
Leicestershire Police, police force
Citation-ready fact
Officers were sent to the homes of non-compliant individuals to speak to them.
about 0 home visits · home visits to non-compliant individuals
Leicestershire Police, police force
Citation-ready fact
A small number of people with football banning orders had not surrendered their passports and were being sought at East Midlands Airport.
about 0 people · people with football banning orders who had not surrendered passports
Leicestershire Police, police force
Police have been checking the passports of hundreds of people flying from East Midlands Airport for the World Cup.
The operation is aimed at preventing hooligans who have football banning orders going to the competition.
Leicestershire Police said 55 people currently had banning orders and most had surrendered their passports in lead-up to the event in South Africa.
But there was still a small number who had not complied and officers were looking for them at the airport.
A spokesman for the force said letters had been sent to the 55 and the majority had handed over their documents.
But where people had not complied officers had been sent to their homes to speak to them.
This article was originally published by BBC ↗. citations.press indexes the source-backed facts above and links to the original. Something wrong? Corrections policy · Report an error