A Gravesend house linked to antisocial behaviour and drug use has been closed down. A court was told of multiple incidents at the property, including threatening behaviour, frequent disorder, excessive noise and damage.
Kent Police said officers have been repeatedly called to the property on York Road in recent months, "due to the conduct of the occupiers and visitors".
The force said "multiple incidents" were reported by people living nearby.
Officers went to Maidstone Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (September 24) and applied for a closure order for the premises.
Magistrates granted it for three months and on the same day officers attended the property with council officials, to secure it.
Any unauthorised person entering the property can be arrested.
PC Jo Hammond said: "We are