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Pure alcohol, water mixed with branded liquor found in Central Jakarta
The Central Jakarta Police have arrested two individuals for allegedly brewing and distributing bootleg liquor.
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Officials check bottles of imported liquor in a container at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Sept. 19, 2017. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Central Jakarta Police have arrested two individuals, a 37-year-old and a 19-year-old, for allegedly distributing diluted liquor.
"We have apprehended two suspects for mixing expensive and well-known alcoholic beverages with other substances," Central Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Roma Hutajulu said on Monday as quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com.
The perpetrators reportedly mixed the branded liquor with substances like pure alcohol and water. For instance, Roma said, vodka was mixed with soda water and whiskey with soda containing a black substance.
They were arrested at a hotel on Jl. Pramuka Raya in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, on Friday. Seven empty bottles and 17 ready-to-distribute bottles were confiscated at the scene, Roma said.
The two suspects have been charged under food and consumer protection laws.
More than 30 people have reportedly died in several areas across Greater Jakarta after allegedly consuming bootleg liquor in past weeks. (fac)
