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Under-18s tested for drink at disco
Revellers including teenagers were tested for drugs and alcohol as part of a police crackdown on pubs and clubs.
Police have been "stamping down hard" on the abuse of alcohol and alcohol legislation with a force-wide operation since March, including breathalysing more than 90 youngsters attending an under-18s disco in Kettering.
The breathalyser test carried out in May was not compulsory and several youngsters chose not to undergo the test – but they were not allowed admission to the venue.
Of the 96 youngsters who agreed to take the test, 14 tested positive for alcohol and were spoken to and offered advice by officers.
Sgt Ian Fletcher, of Northamptonshire Police, said: "Some of the kids ran off rather than be breathalysed but our attendance sent out a strong message.
"Firstly that we will not tolerate under-age drinking, secondly that we need to demonstrate the potential danger that alcohol represents, not only to young people but also the wider public at large.
"We received excellent support from the door staff at the premises and we work closely with door personnel throughout the north of the county in the work that we do.
"We will continue to carry out random checks and young people under the influence will be refused entry to this sort of event."
Officers also drug-tested more than 120 people in town centre pubs and clubs in one night.
Of the 126 people officers checked, people in nine premises tested positive for class A drugs.
Officers checking licences of pubs and clubs found 11 were in breach of their licence.
Four fixed penalty notices were issued. Three were for selling alcohol to under-age drinkers and one was for selling alcohol to someone who was drunk.
The other breaches were for minor infringements, such as not having the required amount of CCTV footage on record, windows open and notices not displayed. Warnings were issued.
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