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25/03/2015
Pub Fined For Fake And Watered Down Vodka
A west Belfast pub has been found guilty of selling fake Smirnoff vodka.
Suffolk Inn Ltd has been fined £1000 after analysis of samples taken from an optic of "Smirnoff Vodka', found it was not genuine, and that it had been watered down.
Belfast City Council brought the case against the bars owners.
(MH/IT)
Suffolk Inn Ltd has been fined £1000 after analysis of samples taken from an optic of "Smirnoff Vodka', found it was not genuine, and that it had been watered down.
Belfast City Council brought the case against the bars owners.
(MH/IT)
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