Police contacted after customer buys vodka bottle filled with water: LCBO

Police have been contacted after a customer who purchased vodka at a Toronto-area LCBO found the 1.75-litre bottle had been filled with water.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) said Friday that the company is investigating an incident of product-tampering after a customer returned the water-filled plastic bottle to a local store.

The LCBO, which is a Crown corporation of Ontario, sells liquor, wine and beer at more than 600 retail stores throughout the province.

While the LCBO did not say where the bottle was purchased, earlier news reports suggest a Pickering, Ont. couple purchased the 1.75 litre of Smirnoff at an east Toronto LCBO location only to discover the plastic bottle was filled with water.

The liquid was sent for an independent analysis, which confirmed that it was indeed water, “with residual amounts of alcohol,” LCBO spokesperson Keeley Rogers said in an email.

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Sounds like someone got bored at work, decided that their job and paychecks weren't worth, got blitzed with their coworkers, realized after getting blitzed that they actually did need their jobs, filled the bottle with water and hid it at the back of the shelf hoping no one would find. Until weeks later, when some poor customer ends up getting jipped. ;P