Alcohol Poisoning arrests

Police in Laos have reportedly arrested the owner of a factory which reportedly supplied the poisoned alcohol that claimed the lives of six backpackers, including a British lawyer.
Simone White, 28, died while on holiday with two friends after they accepted free vodka shots from Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination. Two Australian teenagers, Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both aged 19, were also killed alongside two Danish women and an American man, after they consumed the drinks which were laced with the deadly substance methanol.

A manufacturing plant located outside the capital city Vientiane, understood to have been supplying the local Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey, has now been closed and its owner arrested, according to the Daily Mail. Twelve people have now been arrested by the authorities so far, including eight staff members at the hostel. No charges have been made, while the manager of the hostel has denied any wrongdoing.