Called police about neighbours

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I live in a small block of flats which is generally full of young families.
A new neighbour moved in a few weeks ago and since then has been smoking weed on his balcony every evening and each weekend morning
I know he has one young child and a wife/girlfriend who live there but the woman doesn't seem to smoke at all that I've seen
I have young DDs and I'm having to keep the balcony door and the windows shut so they can't smell it and so our home doesn't stink
I got home from work last night and it absolutely reeked of weed
I rang 101 and reported them as I was raging
My friend has said she thinks I was being ridiculous and over reacted
What's the consensus please

I have just been through this in the past couple of weeks (although the filling up our flat with the smell has been going on months). My neighbours rent so I paid £3 on the land registry to find the owner's details. Googled the names, found them on Facebook. The owner went round that evening and read them the riot act. I also have a CAD number that I can add to

You should be a to enjoy your home with the window open without smelling drugs imo.

And Ss may be interested too. . Their poor dc. .

So he's sitting on his balcony so as not to fill his flat with fumes from smoking drugs but filling your fiat with it is fine? No of course YANBU.

I think you were over reacting. You hadn't even simply asked him to stop first.

You aren't being ridiculous. As I said to DP- I don't care if they were shooting heroin into their balls but it's affecting us now (they were also throwing the spliff ends out of the window to the communal gardens)

YANBU, it stinks. You'll get plenty of people telling you to chill out and "it's just weed". But I would have done the same.

YANBU about the smell but I think YABU about calling 101 straight off. you could have had a word with them about it before calling the police. They might well have no idea the smell goes into your flat.

Yuk, the smell of weed is disgusting. YANBU.

The cool ones will be along soon to tell you to relax and enjoy it man .

YANBU, why WOULDN'T you report it???

I may be wrong here, but I am pretty sure smoking weed is against the law............

And the smell is vile.

I also would've called 101. If you had said something first and it hadn't stopped he would've known who had called. That kind of thing escalates fast.

YANBU, weed smells horrible and is so distinctive and pungent.

I think explaining the situation to them and giving them chance to rectify it would have been a better way to go tbh.

The smell is very overbearing so YANBU about that. His choice to smoke should no way infringe on your property/right to live without the disturbance of the smell.

I would have spoken to them first.

The police won't do anything anyway, apart from have a polite word if they can spare an officer.

Are they renting? If so, the landlord might be a better way to go.

I agree with you, op. I would have called the police. From experience, I have learned not to confront a stoner neighbour about their behaviour.

I don't blame you for calling 101, it's really, really annoying. My neighbours smoke weed in the garden too and it stinks. However I don't think the Police will do much about it though.

I've just done the same for similar situation. The stink was filling my kids room.

I doubt the police will do anything though. But maybe if others also report. Plus I suspect my neighbours are dealing.

In our last place I reported it for years.. including the dealing from the carpark.

Nothing was ever done...I was given countless replies that they were after the 'big fish's. We moved

Can I ask what the police said or did?
I had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully it's not been repeated yet, but wondering what I should do if it became a regular thing.

I'd have done the same

Don't give a toss about being 'cool' with drugs; not around my children, or other people's either

I know someone local to me was reported and received a police visit. It was particularly bad and distinct from the road side. Its stopped

The police did go round but I don't know what happened
They are council tenants, as am i so if it persists I might call them

Do you think your children will get high from the smell of it?

I wouldn't have a word first then report them cos they will know it's you and could make life very unpleasant.