EIGHT out of 20 off-licences failed a test by selling alcohol and vapes to police cadets working on an operation in West Yorkshire.
A test purchasing operation was carried out last night by officers from the West Yorkshire Police Licensing and WMDC Enforcement.
Off-licences in the Wakefield area were targeted with the assistance of the police cadets who were between the ages of 16-17 years old
The cadets were instructed to enter the stores and attempt to buy alcohol and vapes. If they were asked to provide ID they were instructed to say that they did not have any ID.
Twenty off-licences were visited and out of these, eight failed the test, selling alcohol and vapes to the cadets.
The eight failures were all formally spoken with and licensees will receive written warnings on this occasion and at least one of the premises is facing further ongoing actions.
These operations are conducted to stamp out underage sales.
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