A head of an Aberdeen pub organisation was arrested for drug offenses the night the company’s beer shop gained national notoriety while enthusiastic rioters celebrated a historic victory in Scotland.
Paul Clarkson, chief operating officer of PB Devco, is under investigation for alleged drug-related crimes; has not been charged.
Police arrested him on Union Street on 12 November, the date of Scotland’s victory in the penalty shootout over Serbia to win a place at Euro of the year.
Officers to investigate the allegations.
A police spokesman said: “We can verify that a 42-year-old man was arrested on Union Street in Aberdeen on Thursday 12 November in connection with drug offenses.
“He was released pending further investigations.
Mr. Clarkson, 42, had gone on assignment, the last position in his business, that night, but is understood to be out of order.
He does not own any of PB Devco’s companies, however, he is guilty of his day-to-day operations as Operations Manager.
Video images shared in the assignment draft on 12 November showed jubilant enthusiasts screaming, singing, jumping and hugging as the Scottish men’s team secured their first qualifying for the primary finals since 1998.
This led another 130 people to officially oppose the continuation of the marquee industry when their occasional transitional license should be renewed last month.
Police went to the beer tent, erected in the frame of the former Bruce Millers music store on Union Street that night and helped the workers’ safe house expel several customers.
No arrests have been made due to violations of the rules of the coronavirus.
But after a public reaction, Councillors of the Aberdeen Licensing Board were forced to hold a hearing on complaints.
The delay in the organization forced the site to spend a weekend without selling alcohol while the Clarksons awaited their fate.
Mr. Clarkson’s brother Barry is the licensee overseeing the implementation of the initial project.
While a new license was being issued, owners were barred from appearing at high-level sporting events on television and ordered to avoid sales at 10 p. m. – despite any long-term adjustment in multi-level regional coronavirus controls that allow for additional opening.
The allocation of the Draft at the heart of past pandemic controversy, when it became known that the head of the licensing board, Marie Boulton, prompted PB Devco’s initial application early so that he could open in time for the first game of the Aberdeen league in early August. .
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