Dear Resident

We are appealing to the Broseley community for information following the seizure of a number of nitrous oxide containers.

The containers were found on just off the bridleway, nitrous oxide is a colourless gas, also known as ‘laughing gas’. It can be misused for its psychoactive effects – or to ‘get a high’ – by inhalation.  Since November 2023, it has been classified it as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

This means possession of nitrous oxide, where a person intends to wrongfully inhale it for a psychoactive effect, is now an offence.  

Consequences could include an unlimited fine, a visible community punishment, a caution (which would appear on their criminal record) and for repeat serious offenders, a prison sentence.

Did you see anything suspicious in the area or have any information that might help our enquires?

Please get in touch with us by calling 101 and quoting incident number 00349_I_11022025.  Alternatively, you can contact the team on our email bmw.snt@westmercia.police.uk 

If you aren’t comfortable contacting us directly, you can pass on information anonymously to the independent charity, Crimestoppers, by calling 0800 555 111 or by visiting their website: www.crimestoppers-uk.org

Thank you for your help. It is only by the police and the public working together that we can prevent and detect crime. 

Kind regards,

PCSO Malcolm Goddard