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25 cases of beer and 150 bottles of booze slated for execution by bowling ball
Also see Michael Graham's petition for clemency at Save our SudsBeverage control agency holding one usual booze bash The booze will be flowing tomorrow at a state agency, but nobody will be drinking it. State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission inspectors are set to destroy some 25 cases of beer and 150 bottles of liquor confiscated in Operation Safe Campus, a sting operation that targeted bars and package stores serving underage college students. Destroying the alcohol will involve something with a bowling ball, according to a spokeswoman for state Treasurer Tim Cahill, who oversees the ABCC. During Operation Safe Campus, investigators turned up 420 minors in possession of, transporting or attempting to buy alcohol; 195 adults buying booze for minors; and 40 kids with fake IDs. The liquid contraband will be loaded on trucks in Boston tomorrow morning and be hauled to an as-yet-undisclosed location in Lakeville for the smash-down. No minors or adults purchasing for them were arrested during the sting operation. The minors lost the booze, naturally, and a phone call was placed to their parents or guardians. In a similar operation targeting college kids in September 2005, the ABCC caught 31 minors and 14 adults purchasing for them over a two-day period in Boston. The ABCC oversees all 21,000 businesses and groups that hold licenses or permits to serve or sell alcohol. Since 1994, the agency has used undercover sting operations to address the problem of underage drinking. The stings are conducted with the help of local police, and ABCC officials note that the undercover operations have consistently withstood legal challenges. The legal drinking age in Massachusetts is 21. Posted by: Delphi 2007-11-01 |
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