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The Conservatives have unveiled a tough "zero tolerance" policy on drugs at their party conference in Bournemouth.

Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe said recreational drug users would face an automatic £100 fine under a future Tory Government.

She warned there would be "no hiding place" for those caught with even the smallest amount of drugs.

At present, many people in possession of small amounts of drugs escape with a police caution.

It is also believed many police forces turn a blind eye to soft drugs, particularly at events like Glastonbury and the Notting Hill Carnival.

But Ms Widdecombe told delegates: "Whether you possess small amounts of drugs or whether you are actually supplying them, it will not be tolerated.

"This is a criminal offence. Drugs is not something which is OK to do. It accounts for one third of all crime, an enormous 80 per cent of all burglaries, so the gain in cleaning up drugs is not just to the drugs user but to the community as a whole."

But Peter Williams, national secretary of the Police Superintendents' Association, said they would not support the proposals.

"The reason for this is that the policy is not to punish people for possession of drugs but to try and divert them from drugs," he said.

John Wadham, director of human rights group Liberty, said: "Possession of small amounts of drugs should be decriminalised.

"Dragging thousands of adults through the criminal justice system is a waste of police resources."