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Last Updated: Thursday, 2 September, 2004, 05:33 GMT 06:33 UK
Off-licences fail underage test
Half of Bath off-licences checked in a special covert operation sold alcohol to under-18s, police have revealed.

Teenage volunteers, accompanied by undercover police and trading standards officers, attempted to buy alcohol from 12 premises in the city.

Each offending shop was cautioned. When off-licences in Bath were last visited, all refused to serve underage drinkers.

Inspector Paul Mogg said: "It's disappointing that some of the off-licences tested failed."




SEE ALSO:
Underage alcohol sales crackdown
05 Aug 04  |  Somerset
Ban on street drinking in Bath
23 Apr 04  |  Somerset


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