The SC (unknown abbreviation) has published images of confiscated alcohol. The number of deaths after consuming surrogate alcohol in the Orenburg region has reached 34 people. According to the latest data, a total of 67 people have been poisoned. A deadly methyl alcohol was found in the blood of those affected.
“The paramedics are doing everything they can to save people. However, the doses of methanol in several patients exceed the lethal level many times over. I once again appeal to the residents of Orenburg – refrain from consuming any alcohol, regardless of when you bought it,” Tatiana Savinova, the region’s health minister, said in a statement.
The mass poisoning in the region became known on October 7. Since then, the death toll has continued to rise. Fifteen suspects have been arrested in the investigation into the production and sale of alcohol surrogates. Two of them, aged 29 and 60, and a 48-year-old woman were arrested on Saturday for two months.
“All three are residents of the city of Orsk. During the interrogation, one person from Orsk admitted the guilt of the accused, while the other two partially admitted the guilt,” the district court’s statement said.
On Monday, October 11, courts in the Orenburg region arrested three more defendants in criminal cases. In total, 14 criminal cases were opened, 15 people were detained, eight of them were arrested. Investigators discovered a warehouse on the premises of a trade and procurement base in Orsk, from which batches of substitute alcohol were supplied. More than 1.2 thousand bottles of unlabeled alcoholic products were confiscated from the warehouse. Later, alcoholic liquid was also found in 11 metal drums with a volume of 200 liters.
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The end of the story: Promotional Podcasts On Friday morning, Governor Denis Pasler left for the eastern part of the Orenburg region. “The main thing now is to work with the population. House to house visits, communication with fellow villagers – everyone must do this work. The weekend is coming, and people may still have bought substitute alcohol,” he said.
The first deputy head of the district administration, Oleg Smetanin, told Interfax that, according to his information, all the deceased were drinking in different establishments. On October 10, the authorities of the Orenburg region offered residents to exchange alcohol for food parcels. It was reported that in the eastern part of the Orenburg region a campaign was launched to warn people about the dangers of alcohol substitution. In Orsk, 10 cars equipped with loudspeakers are being used for this purpose. In addition, law enforcement officers, together with social workers and volunteers, conducted a door-to-door visit to the city’s residents.
Illegally produced alcoholic beverages are usually sold much cheaper than legal ones, but they can contain deadly dangerous contaminants, especially methyl alcohol. One of the most tragic cases occurred in December 2016 in Irkutsk. There people drank the perfume-cosmetic product for baths called “Boyarishnik”. According to the technology, it should have been made of ethyl alcohol, but it turned out that it was made of methyl alcohol. 76 people died and dozens were injured.