‘No postmortem evidence’ that adulterated alcohol a factor but toxicological examination pending
However, Ekaterini Lyra, the district prosecutor on the nearly island of Naxos, stressed that the investigation was standard procedure.
The adulteration of alcohol, where nightclubs spike their drinks with lower-quality product or industrial spirit, is not an unknown phenomenon in Greece. In February this year, for example, 18 Greek students were hospitalised in Patras after drinking adulterated alcohol during the port city’s celebrations.
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