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Cops booze blitz success
UNDERAGE boozers in Stourbridge have been feeling the heat from cops during their latest blitz on public drinking.
After the nationwide launch of a Home Office confiscation of alcohol campaign in early February officers have been seizing hundreds of drinks from young people in the region.
Anti-alcohol orders in Lye and Stourbridge town centres plus Mary Stevens Park in Oldswinford and the neighbouring Swinford Common have led to the confiscation of drinks worth hundreds of pounds.
Sergeant Sharon Dalton, from Stourbridge Police, said: "Over one weekend alone we seized 111 cans of lager and numerous other brands of alcohol valued at almost £200.
"We also disposed of equal amounts which were being consumed, local shops and off licences will be targeted to prevent sales to youngsters.
"We will continue to target areas where youngsters are meeting to drink alcohol.
"Drunken youngsters cause nuisance and anti-social behaviour, leaving rubbish and causing unwarranted damage, which is not acceptable."
During a similar campaign between October and November last year police from 21 forces across the country seized over 3,700 litres of beer, wine, cider, alcopops and spirits from youths aged under 18.
The shocking figures translate into the equivalent of 6,500 pints, during the campaign 6,227 UK children were approached of which 4,541 were male.
12:48pm Thursday 27th March 2008
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