A pub landlord has been told to install security cameras to combat what police say is a severe drugs problem - or face being closed down.

Police said the licence at the Wheatsheaf, in Wantage Road, Didcot, should be reviewed by South Oxfordshire District Council after reports of drugs and drug dealers on the premises.

In a notice of review, police officers said: "Following the receipt of several intelligence reports detailing that the premises concerned may have a severe drugs problem, Thames Valley Police carried out a number of operations to establish the severity of the problem."

Police said the results of the operations were a "cause for concern".

The council ordered the pub to put in cameras within three months or risk having its licence revoked.

It also said posters promoting the pub's zero tolerance policy to drug-taking should be displayed, and flat surfaces in the toilets removed.

But the move has frustrated some regulars.

Tony Anchors, 58, of Drake Avenue, Didcot, said: "The silly thing is people take drugs in the toilets and they can't put CCTV there. The world has gone mad, it has got worse and worse."

Tony Cope, licensing officer for Thames Valley Police, said officers would be closely monitoring the CCTV images over the next few months.

The pub's licence was not removed or suspended because of assurances by the company that runs it, Powerton, that it was trying to combat the problem and had removed the previous landlord.