LUSAKA Mayor Chilando Chitangala has disclosed that the Lusaka City Council (LCC’s) public health department will now start conducting spot checks in bars and nightclubs for counterfeit alcohol. Commenting on the increased cases of counterfeit drinks, in an interview, Chitangala said many people have been calling her and complaining of feeling sick after consuming alcohol from certain places. “People that make junta [spirits] and so on without licencing and it’s a cover up, they do other businesses and then they have those businesses as well but with what is going on that right now, we are going through all these premises including now, we will be checking the bars and night clubs for counterfeits. I think it’s important that the...

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