Police confiscated 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks during a crackdown on under-age drinking in February.

Police confiscated 44,000 pints of alcoholic drinks during a crackdown on under-age drinking in February. The 25,000 litres of drinks - mainly beer and cider - were seized during a two-week operation involving 39 forces in England and Wales.
It was the largest ever enforcement operation of its kind, with alcohol seized from more than 5,000 youths. The Home Office said information from the £700,000 operation would help target individuals and trouble spots. Seventy per cent of the drink seized was beer, 15 % cider, 5% alcopops, 5% wine and 5% spirits.
When police asked the under-age drinkers where the alcohol came from, 70% refused to say, while of the remaining 30% half said they got the drink from a shop.