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| Police block roads to shut down Dartmoor illegal rave | Police block roads to shut down Dartmoor illegal rave |
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| Police have blocked off roads to shut down an illegal rave involving hundreds of people. | Police have blocked off roads to shut down an illegal rave involving hundreds of people. |
| The rave at Cadover Bridge on Dartmoor was reported on Friday and officers were "working to close the event down". | |
| Sgt Rob Wilson, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said it was a large-scale illegal rave and "not a place for a peaceful post-Christmas dog walk". | |
| Two people have been arrested and hundreds of cars have been parked near stages set up in a quarry. | |
| Ch Supt Matt Longman said: "Our concerns are both for the people in attendance and the impact on the local community. | Ch Supt Matt Longman said: "Our concerns are both for the people in attendance and the impact on the local community. |
| "We are currently at the scene working with members of the public to bring about closing the event down. | "We are currently at the scene working with members of the public to bring about closing the event down. |
| "Local roads are currently gridlocked and there is limited access for emergency vehicles to attend should they be needed." | "Local roads are currently gridlocked and there is limited access for emergency vehicles to attend should they be needed." |
| Local roads in the area have been closed. | Local roads in the area have been closed. |
| Police said they had arrested an 18-year-old man, from Wilshire, for possession of Class A and C drugs and a 27-year-old man, from Kingskerswell, Devon, for driving under the influence. | |
| There was also a minor single-vehicle crash at the site of the rave but no one was injured, officers added. |