Turkish gendarmerie teams seized 55 tons of fake alcohol in the northwestern Turkish district of Tekirdag, Turkish state TV TRT-Haber reported.

The fake alcohol was seized during a search of a factory for the production of fake spirits in the city of Sarkoy.

The value of the seized alcohol is 1 million and 650 thousand Turkish liras (nearly 86 thousand euros).

The owner of the workshop was arrested.

Four people have died from fake alcohol poisoning in eastern Turkey

The investigation into the case continues.

In the past two years, poisoning from fake spirits in Turkey, where alcohol is expensive due to high excise taxes, has killed nearly two hundred people and hundreds have been treated in hospitals.

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