Hundreds of litres of confiscated alcohol were disposed of yesterday as part of a crackdown on youth disorder.
Fife police officers poured away a total of 234 litres of alcohol at Scottish Water's waste transfer station in Cowdenbeath.
The alcohol will be treated by Scottish Water, diluted and made safe.
The recycling operation followed Fife Police's month-long campaign, Time2Act, to crack down on youth disorder, antisocial behaviour and underage drinking. Police officers from across Fife returned 131 young people to their parents after they were found on the streets drinking. It was the bottles and cans taken from them which were disposed of yesterday at Cowdenbeath.
Inspector Andy Edmonston, of crime reduction and divisional planning at Fife Police, said: "We all know that young people and alcohol are a potent mixture that can cause harm to both themselves and others. We wanted to make sure that the mixture of alcohol Fife Police officers confiscated from them didn't cause further harm, this time to the environment."
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