Urgent warning over fake vodka that smells of ‘nail varnish remover’ | UK News [Video]

More than 40 bottles of counterfeit vodka have been seized from a shop in Scotland after a customer reported it smelling of nail varnish remover.

The dodgy booze was being sold fraudulently with the label of popular Scottish budget brand Glen’s at a store in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

North Lanarkshire Council’s environmental health team and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) whisked away the haul of 35cl bottles for analysis.

Officials warned shoppers to check their alcohol before knocking it back, as the contraband product can be a ‘huge risk to health’.

Ron McNaughton, head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit at FSS, provided tips for anyone suspicious that their vodka might be fake.

He said: ‘Drinking these types of products presents a huge risk to health.

‘The labelling, the look of the packaging and the smell can suggest something’s not right.

‘When you buy counterfeit alcohol you have no way of knowing …