Belgian wine alert after woman dies from sip of MDMA drug
Belgian authorities have issued a warning after a woman died, having apparently taken one sip of a glass of wine contaminated with the drug MDMA.
The 41-year-old woman from Puurs near Antwerp died in December, five days after losing consciousness and being admitted to hospital.
It is unclear how she got hold of the bottle but some drugs are commonly dissolved into wine for smuggling.
Investigators say the woman was not a drug user.
Prosecutors have warned anyone who finds a similar bottle with a cork that has been tampered with not to open it.
They said the woman had died of a lethal amount of MDMA and MDA in her bloodstream and that a witness had said she had only taken a sip from the bottle because it tasted bad. The two drugs are synthetic substances and MDMA forms the base for ecstasy.
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