Kavos bars caught collecting discarded drinks and using them for shots

Bars in party resort Kavos are gathering up half-finished drinks in a canister and selling them back to other tourists, officials warn

• Tax raids found that Kavos bars have been selling old drinks and illegal alcohol 
• READ MORE: Policewoman, 22, plunges to her death while on holiday in Corfu

Bars in a popular Greek party resort have been caught collecting discarded drinks in canisters and repurposing them to make new shots for other tourists. 

Tax authorities raided bars in Kavos, Corfu, last week and found that bartenders have been serving alcohol that had already been bought by a previous customer, according to local media.

Seven establishments were also found to not have lot number markings, meaning that they were serving illegal or smuggled alcohol. 

It also came to light that 26 businesses in the party town did not issue up to 40,578 receipts, which totals €267,418 (£228,793).

As a result of the raids by the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) and customs auditors, 28 bars were temporarily closed for 48 hours and issued fines. 

Bars in Kavos have been caught using old drinks to make new ones for unsuspecting tourists (file image)

Raids found that Kavos bartenders have been serving alcohol that had already been bought by a previous customer (file image)

READ MORE HERE: Pictured: British policewoman, 22, who plunged to her death while on holiday in Corfu – amid fears that she ‘may have unwittingly drunk alcohol laced with methanol’ before ‘accidental fall’

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Up to eight samples were sent to the country’s General Chemical State Laboratory for tests.

Authorities are now conducting similar checks in other Greek party resorts, according to local media. 

It comes as last week a British policewoman tragically plunged to her death while on holiday in Corfu.

Hannah Emily Byrne, 22, had been out on the first night of her holiday in the Greek resort of Kavos when she suffered a fatal head injury after falling several metres in the early hours of Friday.

The officer, who was serving with Surrey Police, had decided to stay out while her colleague went back to their hotel on Friday night.

Greek authorities believe the fatal injuries she sustained outside a bar are compatible with an ‘accidental fall’.

But authorities on the island are now investigating whether the victim had unwittingly drunk alcohol that had been laced with methanol, which is much more toxic than the ethanol found in regular alcoholic drinks.

The Brit was allegedly left bleeding on the street – possibly for hours – before she was found, according to Greek media. 

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