Vodka-drinking teens as young as 13 caught causing trouble at Marple Library at 2pm

Police have urged parents to keep track of their children after a group of vodka-drinking teens as young as 13 were caught causing trouble at a library in Stockport in the middle of the afternoon.

GMP's Marple and Hazel Grove division were called to Marple Library over the weekend as the group were "causing a disturbance" at 2pm.

Once there, they realised the gang of teens contained children as young as 13, and seized a bottle of vodka from the group.

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Action is being taken against some of the offenders, and officers are working with other agencies to identify other children involved in the incident.

Posting about the incident on social media, the neighbourhood policing team urged parents to keep track of their children to stop them being involved in acts like this.

The post read: "Parents. Do you know where your child is? Who with? And what are they doing?

"Last Weekend, a bottle of vodka was seized from a group of children as young as 13 who had been causing a disturbance at the Library in Marple

"This was at 2 o'clock in the afternoon!!

"Action is already being taken against some offenders and we are working with Partner Agencies to identify others.

"Please don't let your child be involved."

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