Huntingdon dessert shop served with closure order due to child sexual exploitation concerns

A Cambridgeshire dessert shop has been served with a closure order due to police concerns about child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation. Dessert Central, on Oak Drive, Huntingdon has been closed for three months after Peterborough Magistrates’ Court issued the order closing Dessert Central in Oak Drive following an application from Cambridgeshire Police.

The order, issued on Thursday (June 13), comes after recent investigations and police activity in relation to county lines drug activity and organised criminality. Police concerns include the sexual exploitation of young women and the supply of drugs and alcohol to others.

Cambridgeshire Police said it also follows frequent reports of anti-social behaviour and violence. The property will be shut for three months to everyone except the emergency services and anyone found in the property unlawfully faces arrest.

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Detective Inspector Melissa Cunningham, who leads the Neighbourhood Support Team, said: “Securing this closure is a fantastic step forward in dismantling organised crime groups and tackling serious and organised crime in our county. There were evidence-based concerns that, had this order not been made, there would likely be disorderly, offensive or criminal behaviour on the premises. In particular the sexual exploitation of young women and the supply of drugs and alcohol to others.”