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Number plate recognition to help battle V Festival trouble

Number plates of cars arriving at Weston Park for this year's V Festival will be checked by police to try to root out known troublemakers.

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Automatic number plate recognition technology will be used to scan registrations of cars as they are driven on to the site near Wolverhampton.

Police today warned anyone involved in violence, disorder and any other crimes will be removed from the festival site and will face criminal charges.

Around 90,000 revellers are expected to descend for the annual festival on August 17 and 18.

Chief Inspector Pete Owen, from Staffordshire Police, said: "A robust policing plan is drawn up months before the event as part of detailed organisational work with the promoters.

A 'significant uniformed police presence' will be on duty over the weekend, along with undercover officers. This year's line up includes Kings of Leon, Stereophonics and Beyonce.

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