HUNDREDS of licensed premises will be visited in the coming weeks and warned they have one month to get their houses in order as a new dedicated police squad moves to clean up Glasgow's alcohol trouble spots.
stephen HOUSE: May make the crackdown a permanent fixture. PRICE OF DRINK: Police will hope their actions will reduce drunken scenes in the city. Picture: Getty Images
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GERRY BRAIDEN EXCLUSIVE
Around a dozen hand-picked Strathclyde officers have been trained in the enforcement of issues surrounding alcohol and will begin getting to grips with almost 700 individual drink-related “hot-spots” throughout the city.
The Herald understands that as well as premises selling to underage drinkers and drunks, venues linked with organised crime will be targeted and everything from the electrical meters to television sport subscriptions will be checked.
