The customs agency writes in a press release that they recently seized a total of 900 liters of fake vodka. The seizure was made in the Larvik area when customs officials took out an Eastern European registered car for inspection.
55 cardboard boxes were found at the very bottom of the cargo hold, behind other goods. The boxes contained a total of 300 three-litre cartons of vodka.
– The spirits were quickly verified by the producers as fake. It is not possible for people to look for specific characteristics on the bottles or cartons to detect fake liquor, as the characteristics change all the time, says customs director Øystein Børmer.
– Not worth risking your own life and health
– Anyone who buys liquor outside of legal outlets can run the risk that the liquor is fake. If you drink something you don’t know what it contains or under what conditions it was produced, you are gambling with your own life and health. If you’re lucky, the only consequence is that you’ve bought fake goods, i.e. alcohol of low quality, which was the case in this case, he warns.
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In connection with the seizure, the Norwegian Customs Authority issues a warning to this year’s rush.
– Now the holiday season is just around the corner, and we know that a lot of alcohol is consumed among young people. Many people buy alcohol from illegal outlets because it is cheap. Saving a few kroner is in no way worth risking your own life and health for, says Børmer.
