Selling alcohol to drunk, minor people spotted at licensed premises

The Police and alcohol inspectors during a special drive at licensed premises across the country intervened in 18 cases where alcohol was served to people who were clearly drunk.

The drive conducted from 17 to 23 October also found four cases of serving alcohol to minors were also found, said the National Police Board in a press release on Wednesday.

At the same time the law enforcers also performed supervision of foreign nationals. The control campaign was implemented in collaboration with alcohol inspectors, the rescue department and labour inspectors.

In total, 21 cases of public order violations were detected in licensed premises. In most of the cases (18 cases), the person covering the guardian function did not carry the appropriate guardian card while at work.

“In this year’s controls, the Police and alcohol inspectors had to intervene in 18 cases where alcohol was served to people who were clearly drunk. Four cases of serving alcohol to minors were also found during the controls,” Chief Superintendent of the National Police Board Ari Järvenpää said.

The number of public disturbances in the restaurants was 16 whereas five cases of disturbance were detected immediately outside the restaurants.

Various shortcomings and violations found during the controls resulted in the total of 40 reports made to the regional government authorities.

Moreover, one illegally employed foreign national working in a restaurant was identified while in three cases, the Police detected signs of potential human trafficking.