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A house in Maybury, Surrey, which was being used to stash and sell drugs has been shut down after police were granted a closure order. Surrey Police said local people had come forward to report they were being targeted by drug dealers and were frightened for their safety. Woking Borough Commander, Inspector Andy Greaves, said the process of forcing someone into drug dealing against their will was known as "cuckooing". He said: "Professional drug dealers come into an area and take over a property, often occupied by a vulnerable person and use it as a place from which they run their drugs business. "That vulnerability could be as a result of substance abuse, it could be as a result of mental health issues or it could be just through loneliness." The order, which was granted at Guildford Magistrates Court, lasts for a period of three months.