The Government will crackdown on the rise of cocaine at football matches by threatening to issue supporters with a five-year football ban. They are also attributing the Class A drug as a contributing factor to the ongoing violence and disorder both outside and inside stadiums.
In March, police conducted random drug swabbing ahead of Bristol City's match with Birmingham. Officers swabbed surfaces inside Ashton Gate stadium and in local pubs to detect substances like cocaine. At the time, the force said that the operation is being conducted "amid a reported rise in instances of disorder at football matches nationally".
Speaking on the crackdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "Their 'which he described as "middle-class cokeheads'" habit is feeding a war on our streets driving misery and crime across our country and beyond.
