Teenager sent home in Newquay crackdown
A teenager has been sent home from Newquay for drunk and unruly behaviour as part of a police crackdown on underage drinking.
The 16-year-old boy spent the night in a police cell after drunken behaviour in a Newquay club. His parents were called to collect him.
The boy had used his older brother's passport to get into two clubs in Newquay and both clubs have been warned to tighten up their ID checks.
Police in the boy's town of South Glamorgan, Wales, will follow up the incident and the group that the boy was on holiday with have also been spoken to by police about their behaviour.
Police have promised to enforce a "ring of steel" in the holiday hotspot this year to crackdown on underage drinking and anti-social behaviour after two teenagers died from falling down cliffs following nights out last year.
Earlier in the holiday season two 15-year-old-girls were sent home to Bristol after having been found to be drinking.
"This recent incident is further proof that our Newquay Safe Partnership Accommodation safeguarding scheme, which has been recognised nationally as best practice, is working," said Devon & Cornwall police inspector David Folland.
"Our message to all young people coming to Newquay this summer is they are welcome to come to Newquay but we want them to respect Newquay and respect themselves by being responsible. If they don't behave responsibly their anti-social behaviour will follow them home."
