Beer smuggling at match venues cause headaches for PSL

TWENTY THREE empty bottles of beer (hot-stuff) were discovered at Barbourfields Stadium after the Highlanders and Hwange match last Friday.

This has got the Castle Lager Premier league top officials worried over rampant smuggling of beer.

PSL boss, Kennedy Ndebele partly blames Bulawayo City Council officials and vendors.

"Vendors have to be controlled too because we strongly believe that some of them are responsible for the alcohol that ends up at our matches.

"How else can you explain the discovery of 23 bottles of hot stuff like what happened in our last match at Barbourfields  Stadium.

"Some of the spirits could be smuggled a day before the match because 23 bottles are just too many, especially when we have police searching" Ndebele is quoted saying ij he Chronicle.

Crates of contraband alcohol have been finding their way into soccer stadiums during all Castle Larger Premier League matches thereby leading into hooliganism activities.

Inside stadium selling and consumption of alcohol has become part of football culture with law enforcement sections taking little action.

Several incidents of violence have also been taking place and sometimes forcing the premature terminating of soccer matches.