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Within the scope of the investigation started after 6 people died due to counterfeit alcohol in İzmir, it was learned that most of the 11 workplaces that were raided were herbalists and spice shops. In line with the statements of the relatives of the people who were transferred to the hospital, the police teams, which carried out the operation, detained 10 people, most of whom were owners and staff of herbalists. Police officers asked citizens to prevent people who drink ethyl alcohol from those places from using the materials they have to make homemade drinks. He said that some people who went to well-established herbalists in Konak district offered to sell ethyl alcohol, but did not accept it.
‘THANKS TO THIS BUSINESS, THEY HAVE A CHALET IN 6-7 MONTHS’
Emin Göktekin, who has a herbalist in Alsancak, said: “Some herbalists who came out of us started selling these ethyl alcohols. They don’t know what products they sell. They leave a 300 percent profit and are considered clean money. However. We cannot bother to accept such offers, we cannot play with human health, we distribute cures, and we are absolutely against selling products in that way.
We saw it on the news yesterday, 18 people fell ill, there are the dead. I’ve been doing this for 20 years and we don’t have a single penalty. Now people see all herbalists as sellers of counterfeit alcohol. Aromatic oils such as anise oil began to be sold in herbalists.
We hear the guys will get villas in 6-7 months from this booze business. We are always offered to sell these ethyl alcohols. Some companies are bringing, or fast travelers come, they say ‘There is alcohol’. You don’t know what it is selling, if it is ethyl or methyl. They also compete with each other. They make an effort to be cheap, ”he said.
Another operator, Murat Akduman, said: “We do not buy or sell these ethyl alcohols in any way. Our work is separate, that business is separate. It is an issue that we constantly oppose. We have not been interested in this so far as we have not we wish it.
Some people who called us said why don’t we sell ethyl alcohol, the profit margin is very high, we can make a lot of money. However, we cannot accept this either knowingly or legally. “We have been opening our shop in the cleanest way possible for 70 years and keeping it clean.”
