A GROUP of youths were spotted by police smoking cannabis with a "large bong" in New Milton while breaching the coronavirus lockdown regulations.

Officers reported seeing youngsters out in the New Forest town on Wednesday afternoon and took action.

Providing an update on their ongoing patrols during the coronavirus pandemic, a post by one of the police team on the New Milton Cops Facebook page said: "Sadly as the afternoon progressed so did those of you younger members of our parish who still think it is okay to leisurely wander out and about and participate in your other recreational pastime of smoking cannabis and to add insult to injury make this even more obvious by holding a large bong whilst doing so.

"Several of you have been dealt accordingly for both offences that of drug possession and contravening the restriction of movement under the current Covid-19 rules.

"People, these are still in place contrary to your own beliefs and are still being enforced."