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Buckie kick up a stink at invisible ink
ANGRY Buckfast bosses have threatened to take Scotlands biggest police force to court - for tagging their bottles with INVISIBLE INK. 
Strathclyde cops asked shopkeepers to mark bottles of the tonic wine to catch any sold to under-18s.
But Buckies distributor J Chandler & Co claim police may be breaching competition law by singling out their brand.
Firm spokesman Jim Wilson said: "The police are targeting Buckfast, yet in areas where there is anti-social behaviour there are more beer cans littered around.
"The evidence is that beer is being drunk in larger amounts by youngsters.
"If we decide they are marking our bottles unfairly and are acting outwith their powers we will do something about it."
The notorious tipple, first produced as a "tonic wine" by the monks of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, in 1926, now has a reputation as yobs drink of choice.
But last night Strathclyde Police spokeswoman said "no one brand has been singled out" in their under-age booze crackdown.
She said it was part of the forces ongoing initiative to tackle "alcohol fuelled youth disorder".
Shopkeepers taking part in the voluntary scheme are asked to mark bottles of wine, beer and spirits. And some Scots grocers say they were pressurised into taking part.
John Drummond, of the Scottish Grocers Federation, insisted bottle marking should happen at all shops. He said: "It has got to apply to everyone and that includes supermarkets. It is a form of victimisation."
The marking scheme also operates in the Central Scotland force area. Chief Supt Gordon Samson said: "Our approach is simply about reducing anti-social behaviour."
We told in July how J Chandler & Co also threatened to meet Glasgow City Council in court over claims that some shops were told not to stock Buckfast in order to secure their booze licence.
Judges will decide at the Court of Session in Edinburgh next month whether there are grounds to judicially review Glasgow licensing boards stance on the controversial drink.
The Sun Online Kenny McAlpine 14 September 2009