Methanol laced alcohol found in Domažlice

The police in the south-western Domažlice region uncovered at least 20 liters of methanol-laced alcohol. All of the alcohol most likely came from a single local supplier who bought canisters of illegally produced liquor in east Moravia in the spring and summer. The police were first alerted when one of the samples that was brought by the public last week to the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň tested for high levels of methanol. The trail of illegally sold alcohol led them to Domažlice, where the police discovered laced rum, vodka and other hard liquor. So far, no one in the Domažlice region was arrested in connection to the methanol scandal. In the whole country, 30 people have died since September, as a result of methanol poisoning.