Home-brew

About 500 youths committed to refrain from this bad behaviour of producing homebrew and resorting to illegal activities.

The equipment included three buckets and two containers for brewing illegal alcohol, which was normally made from yeast and sugar.

Community leader and former Member of Parliament, Akoaoka Doi, thanked the youths for coming forward to surrender the equipment and those who vowed to stop illegal activities.

Doi told the youths to change for the better as they will be parents in the future and they need to start being responsible.

Aged 15 and 17, the two, originally from East Sepik, were caught by police drinking near the main drain outside the Kone Tigers Park this morning.

Police report that a patrol unit saw the two acting suspiciously and approached them when they realized the lads were drunk on home brewed alcohol.

The two will be charged with homebrew consumption and will be referred to juvenile officers for counselling.

Meantime a man aged 45 was also arrested for drinking home brew in that area late last night.

That man is also in the Boroko cells.