PARENTS dropped off their kids with alcohol at a party that got so out-of-control police had to be called.

Officers were called to break up a group of around 50 teenagers who had gathered in Lyndhurst High Street after being kicked out the party.

Many of them had been drinking and were carrying bottles of alcohol including neat vodka, with parents seen dropping their youngsters off earlier in the evening with booze, said Hampshire police.

The incident had led police to issue a warning to warn parents of the perils of giving their children alcohol while they are not supervised, particularly ahead of the festive season.

Officers found the large group of youths while on patrol on Saturday night.

Sergeant Chris Taylor, from Hythe Police, said some of the youngsters were aged 16 and were carrying bottles of beer as well as neat spirits, such as vodka.

He said they had been at a house party which got “out of hand” when uninvited youngsters turned up from as far away as Totton.

When the parent of the teenager holding the party came home, they turfed the party-goers out with the large group loitering in the street near to the Post Office.

He said the group was “generally rowdy”, although there were no reports of any crimes being committed, and police officers dispersed the crowd.