Pictures from inside a squalid drug den have been released, after being a neighbours' worst nightmare for years.
Today, Avon and Somerset Police went to the courts to shut down the abode after it became a living nightmare for residents in the area, reports the Bristol Post.
Police even took an unprecedented step by releasing the pictures taken inside the house.
They show the dirty and unsanitary conditions which have been a haven for drug users and a source of anti-social behaviour for years in Southmead.
Each room on the inside shows rubbish strewn everywhere, the bathroom so full of bags of rubbish that the entire room is blocked.
Images also show battered doors off the hinges, and the garden filled to the brim with rubbish.
Luckily for residents, the place has now been shut down and boarded up.
Magistrates granted police a three-month closure order after hearing there have been dozens of incidents involving the police at the house.
There were also a shocking 66 reports about drug activity at the home in Greystoke Avenue so far this year - a rate of two or three times a week, on average, police officers in Southmead told the court.
A policeman said it had been a source of "utter misery" for neighbours.
Police said incidents have included drug dealing and drug use, a stabbing, handling stolen goods, criminal damage, assault and public order offences.
The anti-social behaviour surrounding the house has become so bad, that is has been reported parents living in the area are keeping their children away from a nearby playground, with local people left in fear of burglary, assault and damage.
“On one occasion, in April, officers carrying out a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act found six people were inside, two of whom were wanted and arrested,” a spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said.
“The property was littered with used syringes and rubbish inside and out. Witness statements described 24/7 drug dealing, children being unable to use the nearby park due to drug use and local people fearing burglary, assault and damage.
"The application was supported at a multi-agency case conference last month and Bristol City Council are expected to start possession proceedings,” she added.
Neighbourhood Sgt Chris Darnell added: “The occupant has been given every opportunity to seek help and support but it's not reasonable to ask anyone to put up with the utter misery caused by them and their visitors any more.
“It's thanks to the support of the community and other agencies that the court has granted this order."
The house will be boarded up for three months with anyone found inside committing an offence of breaching the Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
The court today also heard people living nearby have been complaining for years, and last year, the tenant living there signed an agreement with the police and the council to restrict the number of people allowed in the house to two visitors at any one time - which was routinely broken.
