Belvedere vodka exports to the U.S. halted by police in Gdansk, Gdynia

Jerzy Wodz, commissary manager of vodka producer Polmos Zyrardow, announced that delivery of Belvedere vodka to the U.S. has ceased again. En route to Gdynia Wednesday night, a convoy of trucks carrying 59,000 bottles of vodka worth some $1.7 million was stopped by police and the drivers detained. Police acted on an anonymous call that stated the vodka was illegal. The trucks were stopped again at customs in Gdynia by a bailiff sent by bottle supplier Euro-Agro. For some time now, Polmos Zyrardow has purchased bottles from another supplier, but Euro-Agro claims such bottles are copies. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Aug 22-23, page 26)