Suspect arrested over ecstasy-spiked champagne that killed restaurant patron, hospitalized 7 others

German prosecutors said Thursday they had arrested a suspect in the case of a 52-year-old man who died after unwittingly drinking champagne laced with ecstasy at a restaurant last year.

Other members of the man's party fell ill with symptoms of poisoning immediately after drinking from the same contaminated three-liter bottle in the Bavarian town of Weiden in February 2022.

Five men and three women between the ages of 33 and 52 were rushed to hospital, where the 52-year-old died later that night.