Brand cognac made with running water

More than 5,000 bottles of cognac of dubious quality were found in a storehouse in Straseni town. The cognac was made in insanitary conditions, using ethyl alcohol of 96%, running water, citric acid and melted sugar that was giving it color, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communique from the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime. Though it was sold under well-known national brands, the price of the cognac was twice lower than in shops. Several residents of the town who were producing the cognac were arrested. The bottles of cognac were seized. After tested, the cognac will be probably destroyed. If the counterfeit cognac had been sold, the Straseni traders would have earned 175,000 lei.