Director of company producing counterfeit coffee arrested.
After mass-producing counterfeit coffee products of substandard quality, Dong and Sy took them to small grocery stores in remote areas to resell them at low prices.
On July 4th, the Investigation Police Department of Dak Nong province issued a decision to initiate criminal proceedings.prosecuteThe authorities have arrested and detained Tran Van Dong (born in 1985, residing in Thuan Ha commune, Dak Song district, Dak Nong province) and Nguyen Thanh Sy (born in 1979, residing in Ba Diem commune, Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City), Director of Tran Tien Coffee Production and Trading Company Limited, for investigation into the crime of "Producing and trading counterfeit food products".
Previously, on June 7th, during an anti-counterfeiting operation, the Economic Police Department of Dak Nong Provincial Police discovered and apprehended a coffee powder production and processing facility owned by Tran Van Dong in Hamlet 7, Nam Binh Commune, Dak Song District, for producing and processing counterfeit coffee powder. At the facility, police seized 392 packages of coffee powder, weighing 196 kg.
Expanding the investigation, on June 12th, the Economic Police Department of Dak Nong Provincial Police inspected a car owned by Nguyen Thanh Sy and discovered 1,193 packages of various types of powdered coffee weighing 596.5 kg, manufactured by Tran Tien Coffee Production and Trading Company Limited. Further investigation by the Economic Police Department of Dak Nong Provincial Police resulted in the seizure of an additional 187 packages of various types of powdered coffee weighing 93.5 kg.
According to the inspection results, the ground coffee samples produced by Tran Van Dong and Nguyen Thanh Sy contained no caffeine, failing to meet the product quality standards stated on the packaging as well as national standards for ground coffee.
According to the suspects' statements, to avoid detection by authorities, after producing the fake coffee, Dong and Sy transported it to small grocery stores in remote areas and sold it at a cheap price of 50,000 to 70,000 VND per kilogram.
