KRASNOYARSK (Sputnik) — A mass poisoning by the alcohol-containing liquid Boyaryshnik (Hawthorn) took place in Irkutsk over the weekend. A total of 58 people died while 40 others more remain in hospitals. On Tuesday, the Russian Investigative Committee said nine people were detained, including entrepreneurs and their employees engaged in wholesale and retail sales of the dangerous illegal methylated spirits.
"Eleven people were detained as of December 21 over the Boyaryshnik poisoning case," German Bratchikov said during an Irkutsk city administration emergency committee meeting.
Confiscations of the liquid are continuing throughout the city around the clock, he added.
According to the latest updates, investigators have carried out 11 searches of sales points, questioning more than 100 people and confiscating over 6,500 liters (about 1,700 gallons) of alcohol-containing products.
