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Officers clamp down on underage drinking | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Officers from Welshpool Neighbourhood Policing Team seized alcohol from a group of youngsters who’d gone unaccompanied to a local restaurant and taken their own alcohol with them.

Parents of those attempting underage drinking in Llanelli could be hit with £50 or £75 fixed penalties. Llanelli’s Behave or Be Banned (BOBB) team have been exasperated at the numbers of underage drinkers attempting to get into pubs and clubs about the town. Doormen at Baileys in Station Road recently turned away on one Friday night a total of 42 teenage boys and girls trying to by-pass doormen. Many of them had produced fake ID including driving licences and passports of older brothers and sisters. The BOBB scheme aims to stop people causing bother in just not one pub but in all those licensed premises signed up to ban problem customers. Underage drinkers are a separate problem because they should not be on the premises or be attempting to get in so a ban is not deterrent. Chairman of the Llanelli group and Llanelli’s most experienced night club manager, Clive Brookfield, of Tom Peppers and the Moonraker, said underage drinkers were a continuous conveyor belt of problems for landlord’...

Licensees across Carmarthenshire are being warned about selling alcohol to under-18s ahead of the A-level and GCSE exam results. Council licensing officers have been speaking to licensees and visiting a number of licensed premises in the county to remind them of their responsibilities. In particular, if taking bookings for exam celebrations they need to make sure they have adequate measures in place to prevent the sale to or consumption of alcohol by under-18s. Tackling underage drinking is a key priority for the Carmarthenshire Community Safety Partnership, which includes the council and the police. A lot of work is underway to educate staff at licensed premises in relation to fake IDs. Test purchasing exercises using child volunteers are also carried out throughout the year and have led to a number of successful prosecutions. Carried out by the council’s trading standards section, under-18s are used to buy alcohol to check that licensing laws are being followed. Head of Public ...