REPORTS of noisy tenants in Broadgreen led to the seizure of thousands of pounds in hard drugs and a police-style torch concealing a stun gun.

Police attended the house after concerns were raised by the Swindon Borough Council housing team. Officers found class A drugs with an estimated value of up to £10,000.

The team found what appeared to be a police-issue torch tucked in a bedroom but it turned out to be a disguised stun gun.

Three men were arrested at the house and have been released on bail.

PC Luke Atkinson, community beat manager for Broadgreen, said the discovery was a classic example of residents, the council and police working together to tackle anti-social behaviour, drugs, and violence in the area.

“This was a specific address that had been identified by members of the public with numerous complaints regarding anti-social behaviour,” he said.

“They have also been in contact with the Swindon Borough Council housing team with their concerns about the address, including excess drinking, noise late at night and general anti-social behaviour.

“Generally speaking when we receive these concerns we will pay the occupants a routine visit, which we carried out on Tuesday afternoon.

“When we attended, we discovered a significant quantity of class A drugs, estimated at around £5,000 to £10,000.

“The three occupants of the property were arrested at the scene and are all currently helping police with our enquiries. They are three men, two in their 30s and one in his late teens.”

The stun gun was unearthed during a full search of the home. PC Atkinson said it was quickly identified by his experienced colleagues and, as a relatively rare find, the local community should not be unduly concerned.

The most recent find of this type was a electric stun gun hidden within the body of an iPhone, discovered in a raid at a home in West Swindon last month.

PC Atkinson said: “The stun gun was quickly identified by a colleague who has some experience with these sort of weapons.

“While it is not the first time I have come across something like that, it’s the first we have found in that area and it is an uncommon occurrence.

“This address has been identified to us by members of the public in the first instance due to anti-social behaviour as part of our partnership working with the council and other agencies, and we were able to identify criminality with the address.

“That is what the neighbourhood policing team is about.”

Anyone with information about drugs or anti-social behaviour in their area should contact their neighbourhood policing team on non-emergency number 101.

Anti-social behaviour within council properties can be reported on 01793 445503.