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May 2022
Pinewoods Conservation Group has urged people to report anti-social behaviour after rough sleepers and drugs were found in the woodland.
Pictures seen by the Stray Ferret show Harrogate Borough Council staff moving a tent, which had been set up in the woods.
Inside the tents were drug paraphernalia and rubbish left in the woodland, including food and sleeping bags.
Other pictures showed graffiti defacing the Pinewoods map.
The graffiti on the Pinewoods map.
The borough council and North Yorkshire Police were both alerted to the rough sleepers this month.
The tents were later moved, however the Stray Ferret understands the process took longer than expected due to the availability of council street cleansing teams.
A council spokesperson said:
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