Police fear '˜no-deal Brexit' could spark widespread disorder

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Sep 2018, 11:08 BST

Updated 9th Sep 2018, 11:16 BST

Police are drawing up contingency plans amid concerns a no-deal Brexit will lead to civil disorder if the country faces shortages of goods, food and medicine, according to a leaked document.

The plans include the "real possibility" of calling on military assistance and preventing officers taking leave around the date of the UK's withdrawal in March 2019.

The document prepared by the National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPoCC) warns of traffic queues at ports with "unprecedented and overwhelming" disruption to the road network.