30,000 cans of beer seized in crackdown.Byline: Emma Stone ALMOST 30,000 cans of beer and 2,000 bottles of wine were seized in Coventry by Revenue and Customs officers during a crackdown on illegal alcohol sales. The haul,which is estimated to have cost the public purse more than pounds 25,000, was confiscated from a cash and carry near the city centre during the operation. The seizure was part of a clampdown clamp·down n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown" Wall Street Journal. on alcohol being sold without the duty being paid. In total more than 70,000 cans of illicit beer were discovered at off-licences, cash-and-carry stores and wholesalers across the West Midlands. The beer included popular brands such as Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse , Stella Artois This article is about Stella Artois lager. For the tennis competition that the company sponsors, see Queen's Club Championships. Stella Artois (IPA pronunciation: [ˈstɛ. , Tennants, Carlsberg and Budweiser. In Birmingham, 32,000 cans of super-strength lager were seized from a wholesaler in the city centre. The revenue loss to the public purse is almost pounds 51,000. In Wolverhampton, nearly 1,300 cans of illicit beer were taken froma city off-licence, resulting in a loss of pounds 1,300 fromthe public purse. No arrests have yet been made in relation to the seizures and investigations are ongoing. |
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