TEN football offenders from Crewe are being urged to hand in their passports by June 1 or face being arrested.

With Euro 2016 coming up, police have issued a reminder to 40 residents with football banning orders in Cheshire, a quarter of whom are in Crewe, to surrender their passports.

Football Banning Orders are part of specific football legislation which requires that anyone on a banning order must surrender their passport to the police 10 days before an international football tournament begins.

Chief Superintendent Luke McDonnell of Cheshire Police, said: “The Euros are a time to join together with friends and family and celebrate and we hope that everyone enjoys the tournament and gets behind their team.

“Disorderly or violent behaviour in Cheshire will not be tolerated and we will respond robustly to anyone committing such offences.”

Once the passports have been handed in, they can only be collected the day after the tournament ends, whether England get to the final or not.

The orders, which last a minimum of three years, can be granted by the courts when someone is convicted of a football related offence.

They are issued to help to prevent violence and disorder at or in connection with football matches both home and abroad.

In addition to passport surrender, offenders must inform the police if they move house.

Courts can also impose numerous other conditions, such as being excluded from certain areas on match days.