Police and festival organisers will be on the lookout for a van selling fake ID to under-18s during next year’s TRNSMT.

Last summer the vehicle was spotted driving around areas of the Gallowgate, near Glasgow Green, encouraging young people to fork out between £50 and £100 for the counterfeit product.

Children as young as 12 stepped inside the van and had their picture taken before receiving their fake ID.

Glasgow City Council's licensing forum has raised concerns the same situation could arise this year, as those operating the business were never traced.

Inspector Sean Ramsey, Police Scotland, told Monday's licensing forum further measures would be taken to prevent this from happening at July's festival.

He said: “I think next year we are going to work with TRNSMT organisers to prevent underage drinking.

“Not only are young people being bought alcohol by their peers but last year there was a van being driven around parts of Glasgow selling fake ID.”

Since 2018 the growing number of fake identification being seized from young people has become a major issue.

Following last year's festival, officers took the opportunity to host a seminar within the city centre, helping traders to recognise false identification.

Speaking about underage drinking at TRNSMT, Inspector Ramsey added: “On the day children are asking adults to act as their guardian so they could buy alcohol on their behalf.

“I believe we need a new scheme in place which forces children to declare their real guardians in advance so we can double check it on the day and address any issues of children asking over 21s to act as their responsible adult.

“Our stewarding techniques are very robust, particularly at this huge event.”

Police will continue to work with event organisers in relation to the sale and supply of alcohol at the festival.

Mairi Millar, head of licensing and democratic services at Glasgow City Council, added: “A lot of fake ID has been confiscated at the last few years.

“We don’t simply turn people away en masse as this could cause problems in the city centre, we put them into a welfare facility while they sober up.

“We will still have to look out for these problems at future events.”

TRNSMT will run from Friday, July 10 until Sunday, July 12.

Teenagers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ticket holder who is aged 21 or over.

There is also a maximum of four children to one adult.

Story by local democracy reporter Catherine Hunter