Arrested a group of subjects producing and trading tens of thousands of fake anti-stroke pills
Thanh Hoa City Police have just arrested a group of people who produced and traded fake anti-stroke health protection foods on a large scale, selling goods worth 50 billion VND to the market.
On April 17, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police announced that Thanh Hoa City Police had issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and temporarily detain 8 subjects for the crime of "Producing and trading in counterfeit food products".
The arrested subjects include: Nguyen Thi Thinh (born in 1978); Nguyen Lan Huong (born in 1984); Tran Anh Cuong (born in 1994); Ngo Thi Tu (born in 1982); Nong Quang Hai (born in 1991); Nhu Thi Minh (born in 1991); Pham Van Chien (born in 1985), all residing in Hanoi and Trinh Thi Hiep (born in 1985), residing in Phu Son ward, Thanh Hoa city.
Police identified Nguyen Thi Thinh as the mastermind behind the counterfeit goods production and trading ring.
Previously, through monitoring, Thanh Hoa City Police discovered a group of suspects involved in the production and trade of counterfeit health food products, so they set up a special project to fight them.
After a period of investigation, on April 4, Thanh Hoa City Police launched a case investigation, simultaneously searching 10 locations including the subjects' residences, workplaces, production sites, and places where goods were hidden in Hanoi.
During the search, the police seized many products and raw materials to produce counterfeit famous branded goods, including: More than 4,000 boxes of finished An Cung Vien pills (box of 10 pills), worth VND10 billion; 100 boxes of An Cung Nguu Hoang Hoan pills (box of 60 pills).
In addition, the police seized machinery and materials used to produce and package counterfeit products such as bags, plastic bottles, labels, etc.
At the police station, the subjects confessed that from the beginning of 2023 until their arrest, this group had produced and sold more than 20,000 boxes of fake anti-stroke pills to the market with a value equivalent to about 50 billion VND.
