More than 100 pints of booze were seized from 19 teenagers drinking in the streets of Telford in a crackdown on alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour.The equivalent of 130 pints of alcohol was confiscated from borough streets as part of the Home Office funded Confiscation of Alcohol Campaign.
A total of 60 litres of alcohol was seized from teenagers across the borough, including 41 litres of beer/lager, along with 11 litres of cider, two bottles of spirits and 3.5 litres of alcopops.
Police were called to 31 incidents over the last two weeks, and they confiscated alcohol from 19 people. Two were so drunk they had to be treated by paramedics, while a man was arrested in connection with an inquiry into buying alcohol for someone aged under 18. He was cautioned and released.
Another person was issued with a Section 27 order, banning them from a specific location for up to 48 hours.
Sergeant Paul Franks, of Telford police said: “I was surprised by the amount of alcohol we confiscated, especially due to the fact that the weather was particularly cold.
“The operation went well and a lot of alcohol was either tipped away or seized.
“One thing we did find was lots of over 18s drinking with under 18s so as part of the operation we took away their empty bottles and cans.”
Mr Franks said the operation would be repeated due to its success. “We are looking at doing the operation again in the near future when the weather is a bit warmer,” he said.
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It is about time. Trouble is they will just go off and get more from somewhere before your back is turned.
I wonder where that will end up, no doubt someone will have a very nice session on that lot!
It’s about time police started to crack down on underage drinkers. Underage drinking quickly leads down the slippery road to drugs. believe me I went through that stage with one of my sons. Once he became 16 there was nothing I could do and things went down hill from there. I was an idiot that knew nothing and his friends knew it all.
I now live in the United States where the legal age for drinking is 21yrs of age. Bartenders have to check the age of young persons before serving them. Should they knowingly serve an under age person. The sentence could be as tough as jail time.
The result is no teenagers hanging around street corners drunk with the associated yobish behaviour and vandalism etc.
Obviously obtained from a supermarket, not a club not a pub nor an off licence. When will this government stand up to the alcohol industry and the supermarkets? I won’t hold my breath….
Are these teenagers stupid or what ? Answer on a postcard please…..!!!
in reply to the last comment: I don’t think these teenagers are stupid; I think they are misguided by our society, either through t.v. programmes ( aren;t most of the soaps set in pubs ) or by laws allowing the buying of alcohol all day, everyday.
alot of the problems that are happening in this country these days is that there is no disciplin teenagers these days know that they cant be touched i mean come on what is this ASBO stuff all about teens just laugh at them they have no respect for anyone , things need to be seriously looked at , look back to the past for the results we need do what they did back then give the local bobbies the chance to clip kids round the ear if needed give schools the ability to use the cane again because there was never this much disrespect back in them days , bring it all back and things will get better.
Why is this mainly a problem in the UK when so many other countries allow children to drink from a younger age? I grew up in Holland, my parents offered me drink from a young age on special occasions, it was only when I was 12 that I started enjoying the occasional rum and coke. From then on I drank occasionally at my sport club where adults would keep an eye on the youths. Since I learned to handle alcohol with respect and it was not a mystery to me I was able to go to the pubs at the age of 14 with friends a few years older. It kept me of the streets and I learned to respect alcohol. Keeping them away from alcohol has only pushed them on to the streets, making it harder will only push them further. Lower the pub age and let them drink at home so they can be supervised be adults seems the only way to me.