Taking in trendy captain, starts locking up drunks in Gateshead (9)

I believe the answer is:

including

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'taking' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'in trendy captain starts locking up drunks in gateshead' is the wordplay.
'trendy captain' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'starts' says to take the initial letters.
'gateshead' becomes 'g' (head letter of 'gates').
The first letters of 'locking up drunks' is 'lud'.
'in'+'c'+'lud'+'in'+'g'='INCLUDING'

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(Other definitions for including that I've seen before include "Containing" , "Adding in as part of a whole" , "Considering as part of the whole" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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