A nightclub owned by the chairman of the Bradford Inner City Licensees' Association has been shut down after drugs were seized in a police raid.

Ecstasy tablets, cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis were found at the Boilerhouse in School Street, Bradford - owned by Dean Loynes.

Four hundred clubbers were ordered out of the premises during the early-morning raid earlier this month.

A man was arrested on suspicion of possessing amphetamines and a man and a woman were detained on suspicion of having weapons.

They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Yesterday, Bradford Council's Licensing Panel unanimously agreed that the club's entertainments licence should be immediately revoked.

Panel chairman, Councillor Matt Palmer, said: "This measure was necessary to address a serious drugs problem in these premises."

Nightclub licensee Michaela Wood had applied for the renewal of the license - which the club was first granted in 1991 - on November 22 before the raid took place.

Chief Inspector Simon Atkin, of the licensing department at West Yorkshire Police, told the panel that the Boilerhouse had been searched at 3.30am on Sunday, December 5.

He said: "Because of the large number of people present and the potential for disorder, it was impractical for all persons to be searched inside the premises.

"It was decided to evacuate the premises and all persons leaving were searched prior to exit.

"Following the evacuation, the premises were searched and a large quantity of drugs including ecstasy tablets, amphetamines and cannabis as well as empty dealer bags were found indicating that quantities of drugs had been consumed in the premises."

Chief Insp Atkin said officers had mounted the raid after receiving complaints from parents that their sons and daughters were coming home "stoned" after being at the nightclub.

He said the list of drugs recovered during the raid included 247 ecstasy tablets; 17 wraps of cocaine; 25 wraps of amphetamine; one large 25 gram bag of amphetamine; five wraps of cannabis bush and one wrap of cannabis resin.

Officers also found 50 empty dealer bags containing cannabis resin and money with traces of traces of drugs residue - five £20 notes, seven £10 notes and nine £5 notes.

Chief Insp Atkin told the panel: "Despite an inspector having raised the matter of suspected drugs problems at the premises with Dean Loynes, who is the owner of the premises, it would appear that he, as the owner and his licensee, have done nothing to address the issue of the problem relating to the use of drugs at the premises.

"The police therefore consider that the results of the above outlined incident have shown that there is a serious problem relating to the supply and use of controlled drugs at these premises."

A spokesman for Mr Loynes told the panel that steps had been taken to try to stop drug taking at the nightclub.

"The search procedures have been retried and upgraded and doorstaff are working with more vigilance than in the past," he said.

"The club will continue to give its full co-operation to the police and the other agencies involved and continue to work with professional doorstaff.

"The issues that have been raised here are very serious issues and we can assure you that they are taken very seriously on both sides."

Mr Loynes, 45, a former rugby player, would not comment when he was contacted by the Telegraph & Argus last night.