POLICE are urging people not to advertise house parties on Facebook after almost two dozen officers were called to deal with drunken youths on Saturday night.

The party in Chester Road, Hartford, had attracted more than 200 teenagers, many of who were drunk, and was attended initially by four officers.

However due to the large number of youths at the party and the drunken behaviour of many of the partygoers additional officers were called.

Further officers came from as far afield as Chester, and in total 21 attended the property.

It was reported on social media at the weekend that 40 people had been invited to the party, but more than 200 turned up, and the property “was trashed”.

Alcohol was seized from the property, two youths were arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour, and police dispersed those who had been at the party and remained in the area until everyone had gone home.

Tweets from police at the weekend said there was no responsible adult supervising the party, and at the time they urged parents to collect their children if they had told them they were at a house party in Chester Road.

In response to the initial police tweet about officers attending the party, Charlie@lottyleigh said – “so now you have told everyone where the party is and the possibility that the house is free from parents? Doh.”

ReeceBland@Reecebl tweeted –“ lads you need to calm it with this whole shutting down parties thing”, and blahblahblah@Stesmissus72 tweeted – “well and truly out of hand, 40 invited and over 200 turn up daughter said the house was trashed!”

PC Frank Lea from Northwich Police said: “The first call came in at 8.45pm on Saturday about a house party involving about 200 youths which had got out of hand.

“The call was from someone who had been at the party, a friend of one of the lads who lived there, saying it was getting out of hand and something needed doing and asking for police assistance.

“Initially four officers attended, but because of the number of people who were there and their behaviour reinforcements arrived.

“It took about two hours to get the teenagers under control and get them dispersed, one of the problems being that there were a lot of drunken youths.”

PC Lea said the party had been advertised on Facebook, and the partygoers, young men and women, were believed to be aged between 15 and 18 or 19.

He added that police had received calls from neighbouring properties complaining about rowdy youths outside their homes.

The party drew youths from as far as Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe, and PC Lea urged people not to publicise such parties on social media.

“Please don’t put house parties on Facebook because they encourage people to come from out of the area, and we have had this problem before,” he said.

A police tweet at the weekend said – “if your child is organising a party, do not let them promote it via social media, as the consequences can be serious”.

A further tweet said a large number of police patrols had dealt with “disorder” from the house party, and as a result were unable to deal with other incidents.