Brava/Alcohol: Merchants and consumers “comply” with the law – police detect attempts to bring in drinks without requirements

The head of the Brava police station, Higor Almeida, guaranteed today that sellers and consumers are complying with the rules of the new alcohol law, but there are still attempts to enter non-certified products on the island.

One month after the entry into force of the new alcohol law, Higor Almeida spoke to Inforpress in order to list some benefits that the new law brought to the citizens of the island of Brava and that have minimized some previously recurring situations.

In this sense, he referred to the “considerable decrease” in the number of people in a state of drunkenness who used to roam the streets, the permanence of children in establishments selling alcoholic beverages and the reduction of some conflicts due to the abusive use of alcohol, among others.

According to the same source, since the date it came into force until now, they have not encountered “any abnormal situation”, since, he admitted, both traders and consumers have been complying with and observing the rules and requirements of this law.

In commercial establishments, he pointed out that in more than 90 percent (%) the norms are already observed, from the signage of the space reserved for the sale of alcoholic beverages, placing a ban on sales to minors and translating the labels of drinks that are not in Portuguese, among other norms required by law.

From inspections and rounds by the local police, according to the same source, it has been noticed that alcohol has been consumed, but not outside the norms that the law requires and imposes, that is, the authorities have not come across people consume alcoholic beverages and do not even find mendantes hiores in spaces where alcoholic beverages are consumed.

The concern, highlighted Higor Almeida, is related to the fact that there are still people trying to enter the island with brandy, without the requirements demanded by the Service of the General Inspection of Economic Activities (IGAE).

According to the same source, last weekend, in an inspection operation, the police seized 400 liters of brandy and the case has already been handed over to the IGAE to follow up on the process, and warns that the police team "is attentive" to “fulfill and enforce” the law.

"As an authority we do not let our guard down, we are not going to facilitate anyone, any anomaly in the transport of drinks we seize and inform the IGAE", reiterated Higor Almeida, who added that people often say that it is an investment, but also recalled that the police exist to enforce the law and ensure consumer safety.

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