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Dudley Council is planning to chase yobs on off-road bikes with drones as part of a new crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

The tactic is part of a tough new set of policies to be put before the authority's cabinet at their meeting on December 10.

The plans also includes a mobile control unit to be parked in yob hotspots, covert surveillance and action to prevent problem families from getting council homes.

Dudley Council's leader, Cllr Patrick Harley, said: "With our new policy we can try every weapon at our disposal to make the borough a better place to live.

"Off-road bikes are an absolute bane on peoples' lives. Police can't chase them, council officers can't chase them so we are going to use some of the money we have saved over the last two years to purchase some dron

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