Preventive checks of spirits are taking place around with country with
police officers, fire fighters and hygiene inspectors out the field daily.
Fire fighters recently uncovered 260 litres of alcohol in plastic
containers in which the methanol content exceeded 20-30 percent. An illegal
bottling plant was uncovered in the vicinity of Cheb, west Bohemia, from
which police confiscated equipment, bottles and stamps. Police are
investigating how 94,000 tax stamps designated for an official liquor
producer ended up in the hands of bootleggers.