POLICE are confiscating alcohol from underage drinkers.

Officers in Ryedale will be cracking down on under-18s caught with alcohol as part of their Changing Lives, Making Communities Safer campaign.

Acting Sergeant Anna Rees said neighbourhood police officers and police community support officers would be using alcohol test strips, which can be dipped into any liquid to find out whether it contains alcohol.

She said: "A test sample will be analysed on the spot using the testing equipment, and anyone caught in possession of alcohol in public will have the item confiscated and will have to face any other consequences.

The amount of alcohol confiscated will be monitored.