Greece's cybercrime unit is investigating a drink called "No Police", advertised on TikTok as a way to beat police breath tests. Police have opened a case against a 59-year-old Greek man, named as the administrator of the website and the company that sells the drink, accusing him of putting a harmful substance on the market. Police announced the case on 26 September.
The Greek company is a subsidiary of a firm based in Bulgaria, Greek public broadcaster ERT reported. Police said only that the parent company is registered abroad, without naming Bulgaria.
The drink is sold as "AFTERPARTY-NOPOLICE", or "AFTER PARTY – NO POLICE", and is marketed in Bulgaria as "No Police". The ads claim that taking it after drinking alcohol changes the result of a roadside police check. The Greek slogan translates as: "Had a heavy night and don't want to get caught? NO POLICE drink".
Police say the investigation started after someone sent a tip through Greece's official government portal, gov.gr. Officers then checked the ads and the website, and alerted Greece's National Organisation for Medicines (EOF) and the food safety body EFET.
An EFET team went into the company's premises in Korydallos, a suburb of Athens, and found 99 units of the drink. Inspectors seized all of them for testing and found no Greek-language labelling on the packaging.
Greece's General State Chemical Laboratory found the drink contains up to six times the vitamin levels the country's Higher Chemical Council allows for similar fortified soft drinks.
The case has now gone to prosecutors, who will decide whether to bring charges.
In Greece, a bottle sells for 9.90 euros, with vitamins, green tea and caffeine among the ingredients listed, ERT reported. The ads suggest the drink helps someone who has been drinking avoid the consequences of a police check. On the Bulgarian "No Police" website, the same product is presented differently, as a vitamin-enriched soft drink with no alcohol.
Greek authorities have not said whether the drink can actually change the result of a police breath test. The investigation continues.