 The local police had initially not sought to enforce the ban, giving users a grace period, but according to the "Bristol Post" had recently started to take action against khat use and had issued three warnings and a caution.Additionally, in September 2014 the police had seized 24 bags of dried khat from a property in Easton, but no arrests were made.Additionally, the Somali Resource Centre indicated that the ban seemed to have been effective, and that the prohibition had all but destroyed the import market since the plant has to be fresh in order to be consumed.