Police remain at scene of unlicensed music event near Weldon
Officers monitor woodland gathering after late-night call-out as access is restricted for safety reasons
Northamptonshire Police are continuing to maintain a presence at the scene of an unlicensed music event in woods near Weldon.
The force was called to the woodland area just outside Weldon at around 11.30pm on Saturday, 6 June.
A road closure was quickly introduced to stop further people entering the site.
However, due to the number of attendees already present, officers said it was not safe to clear the area at the time without risking harm to members of the public.
A Force spokesperson said: “We appreciate the frustration this event has caused to local communities and are working to shut it down, identify those responsible and to prosecute them.
“Several hundred people were on the site when officers attended and with the resources available to us at that point it was not possible to safely remove people during the hours of darkness, so we took measures to close the site off to anyone else arriving.
“A police presence remains at the scene this morning and an investigation is underway to establish who has attended the event and what criminal offences have been committed.”