Gardaí target €400k a year operation selling poitin to rough sleepers in Cork

Gardaí have seized a quantity of homemade alcohol in a raid on an apartment in Cork this morning.

Gardaí and Revenue have raided a home and seized a large volume of illegal homemade high-potency alcohol which was being sold to rough sleepers in Cork.

Known on the streets as Russian or Polish poteen, it was being sold on the streets in 500ml bottles for up to €13.