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The mother of a young man who was poisoned after drinking a methanol-laced cocktail has shared a video of the rusty tins and garbage bins used by bootleggers to produce the deadly mix.

Liam Davies, from Perth, started having violent seizures in the back of a car after drinking what he thought was a vodka and lime at a bar in Lombok, an island in Indonesia, on New Years Eve 2012.

The 19-year-old went into organ failure and died of methanol poisoning three days later. He had unknowingly consumed the dangerous concoction arak, which is made on the streets in dirty tins and often decanted into bottled liquor sold in bars and clubs along the tourist strips.

Tourists are drawn in by the extremely low prices for alcohol in bars in places like Bali, but the real cost can be deadly.

Mr Davies' mother Lhani said she still feels 'robbed' more than three years after his death and has made it her life's work to educate others about the serious effects of drinking the home-made brews.

Read more: How Indonesian bootleggers make cheap alcohol sold to western tourists that could kill | Daily Mail Online










How Indonesian bootleggers make cheap alcohol sold to western tourists that could kill | Daily Mail Online