In the first five months of this year, the police caught 25 persons under the age of 17, the legal drinking age in Malta, drinking alcohol in public places, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said in reply to a parliamentary question yesterday.
Of the 25, seven were caught drinking in bars while the other 18 were caught drinking in streets in Paceville, Floriana, Birzebbuga, Hamrun and Siggiewi.