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Originally posted by AnonyWarp
Antifreeze create a fast kidney failure...
As previously reported in this blog, Turkey has recently been dealing with a flood of bootleg booze that has mostly impacted the country's lower-end tourist trade and has, tragically, led to the death of four Russian tourists.
Turkish authorities have responded with a crackdown on bootleggers and have started taking a closer look at just what is being served to tourists. As Milliyet reports, what they're finding out is pretty worrying. In Antalya, out of 54 bottles of booze sampled in various touristic facilities, a whopping 22 turned up with elevated level of methyl alcohol -- a compound which is directly linked with alcohol poisoning. In response, says Milliyet, authorities have announced a ban on the import of bottles of several brands of booze that, based on their names, should probably have never been let into the country in the first place. Among the illustrious brands being banned: "Mister Bourdon" and "Brave Harvey" vodka and whiskey, "Nordix Gin Party" and "London Dry Gin Guard Hause" [sic] gin and "838" vodka. (If you follow this link, you can see a photo of a bottle of "Brave Harvey" whiskey, proudly bottled in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.)
Police raided a workshop used for manufacturing bootlegged alcoholic drinks in Istanbul on Friday, seizing a total of 2,537 bottles of drinks that were allegedly manufactured illegally.
Police raided a workshop used for manufacturing bootlegged alcoholic drinks in Istanbul on Friday, seizing a total of 2,537 bottles of drinks that were allegedly manufactured illegally.
Istanbul police force launched an operation to determine places that were producing bootlegged alcoholic drinks, resulting in the raid on a location in an industrial zone in Istanbul's western Başakşehir district, daily Hürriyet reported.
Police confiscated 750 counterfeited tax labels, 2,537 bottles of liquor, 3,575 empty bottles, 3,000 bottle caps and two tanks used to store liquor.
Six people were detained in the raid; one of them was placed under arrest after questioning at police headquarters.
Three Russian tourists recently died in Turkey as a result of drinking bootlegged alcohol during a yacht tour on the Aegean Sea, Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday
Originally posted by Wide-Eyes
reply to post by mideast
So, finger pointing aside. What's your take on this my middle eastern friend?
"The ends justify the means" concept, isn't it?