Good news for drinkers.
No pub or club in Redcar and Cleveland has been caught watering down alcohol during the past three years.
And a spokeswoman for Stockton Council said one premises had been found to water down vodka in the past three years.
The establishment owner had been issued a written warning.
Middlesbrough declined to comment - but a spokesman said the authority would issue a statement if a pub was caught.
The figures were obtained following The Zetland Hotel in Middlesbrough being fined after it was caught watering down its vodka.
Its owner later said that he was out of the country at the time and that there would not be a repeat.
Cllr Stuart Smith, Redcar and Cleveland’s cabinet member for community safety, said: “There have been no cases of watered down alcohol within Redcar and Cleveland in the past three years - although it is not something our environmental health officers routinely sample for as there have not been any recent complaints or intelligence to suggest this is a problem.”
If consumers suspect they are being sold watered down alcohol he said they should ring environmental health on 01642 774774.
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