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BUCKFAST is on sale on Amazon – at almost double high street prices.

Shoppers at the world’s biggest retail site are being charged £12.20 a bottle – £7.25 plus £4.95 postage. Buckfast costs £6.99 in off-licences.

A drinks trade insider said: “It is hard to know who might be buying Buckfast online, perhaps expat Scots who miss their favourite tipple.

“I suppose there is also a possibility of underage teenagers with cash cards buying online.”

Buckfast, made by monks in Devon, is sold through Amazon by UK-based firm Drink Specialist.

The Amazon page wrongly says it is produced in Scotland.

Customers have posted several tongue-in-cheek reviews of Buckfast, which has been blamed by some politicians and police chiefs for fuelling trouble because its high caffeine levels help keep drunks active.

Reviewer Aldo56 says: “I must say, I was sceptical about drinking a wine with such vast quantities of negative press surrounding it, but how wrong I was.

“This drink can turn a poor night out into a riot, where chaos is the most likely outcome.”

Another reviewer wrote: “I needed to drive from one end of the country to the other, overnight, after missing a night’s sleep.

“The alcohol and caffeine combined act as a mild, legal speedball: for several miles my driving was excellent and then, suddenly, the alcohol kicked in.

“For the next 20 miles my driving ability decreased. At one point I ended up with my car in a front garden and the bonnet in a living room. I ended up fighting the naked occupant of the house in order to evade capture.”

Amazon said they do not sell alcohol themselves, but some third-party sellers do. They remind all sellers of their responsibilities over alcohol sales.