Thirteen Island premises have served underage drinkers, during undercover test purchase exercises, since April. The IW Council, which has been working with Island police to carry out the operations, says the figures are disappointing. Fifty two venues have been targeted and a quarter have failed. The IW Council’s Trading Standards Manager Richard Stone says, “The council is determined to crack down on the sale of products such as alcohol to underage customers…Having 13 out of 52 pubs fail test purchase exercises is 13 too many."