Tricks to counterfeit famous coffee brands

(Baonghean.vn) - Chinh buys coffee beans and packaging of all kinds from the South, then grinds them, packages them into packaging with the brands "Vuong Chung" and "Chon Ban Me" to sell to the market.

On May 10, the Provincial Police Department's Environmental Police Department said it had just discovered a case of transporting a large quantity of coffee of unknown origin.

Vuong Quoc Chinh at the investigation agency. Photo: Anh Tuan

Previously, at 4:00 p.m. on May 9, on Tran Hung Dao Street (Cua Nam Ward, Vinh City), the Environmental Police Department's working group stopped a pickup truck with license plate 15C-03172 for inspection.

Police discovered a truck carrying 190.5 kg of various types of coffee without any documents proving their origin. The coffee was labeled "Vuong Chung", "Chon Ban Me" and some had no labels.

Driver Vuong Quoc Chinh (born in 1982, residing in Sen 3 hamlet, Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district) said he was transporting these goods for sale. Chinh could not present any documents related to the above goods.

Tuan packages the coffee into famous branded bags for consumption. Photo: Hien Chuong

Continuing to check at Chinh's house in Sen 3 hamlet, Kim Lien (Nam Dan), the police discovered an additional 10 kg of "Vuong Chung" brand coffee, 1 kg; 1 coffee grinder; 1 packaging machine, 15 bags used to package coffee.

At the investigation agency, Chinh confessed to buying coffee beans and packaging of various types from the South, then grinding them into powder, packaging them in famous coffee brand packaging to sell on the market.

Chinh also uses a coffee grinder and packages the finished product. Photo: Hien Chuong

The case is currently under further investigation by the authorities.

Anh Tuan - Charter