http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1071782004
JEREMY WATSON
"THEY will be the innocents in pursuit of the immoral. A specially recruited squad of teenage undercover investigators is being set up to catch rogue traders who illegally sell age-restricted products to children in Scotland.
Up to 10 youngsters between the ages of 14 and 16 will be trained in the art of catching out retailers prepared to sell fireworks, cigarettes, lighter refills and possibly alcohol to minors.
The move follows pilot surveys which revealed that the practice is widespread in Scotland. Almost half of the shops sampled illegally sold lighter fuel and a quarter sold fireworks to under-18s.
The new squad, being financed as part of a Department of Trade and Industry crackdown on unscrupulous traders, is being set up initially in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders before being introduced across the country. "
