Poland confiscates spirit after Czech alcohol ban
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
16.09.2012 08:30
Polish customs officers in Cieszyn, on the Poish-Czech border, have seized 60 litres of spirits smuggled from the Czech Republic by four Polish nationals.
A vendor covers shelves filled with hard alocohol at a shop in Prague, Czech Republic, 14 September: photo - EPA
Samples of the alcohol are being tested to check if this is bootleg spirit which has caused the worst wave of methanol poisoning in the Czech Republic in several decades.
The Czech government banned the sale of spirits with more than 20 percent alcohol content last week after methanol poisoning killed 19 people.
Kiosks and markets had earlier been banned from selling spirits with more than 30 percent alcohol content. (mk/pg)