Prosecuted 6 people in the fake drug production and trading ring
The group of defendants confessed that they bought raw materials from social networks and hid them in the parking lot to produce fake medicine, then sold them on the market.
Information from the Investigation Police Agency of District 8, Ho Chi Minh City said that it has just served the decisions to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and execute the arrest warrant for 6 people including: Nguyen Xuan Cuong (46 years old), Ao Van Hanh (25 years old), Truong Phong Hao (24 years old), Truong Thuy Trinh (45 years old), Huynh Nhat Khoa (24 years old), Pham Quoc Quyen (43 years old) for the crime of "counterfeit goods production”and “buying and selling counterfeit goods is medicine”.
The 6 people arrested are key members of a fake medicine production and trafficking ring that District 8 Police busted nearly 10 days ago.
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| The suspects in the large-scale counterfeit medicine production ring that District 8 Police recently busted. Photo: Linh An |
Through monitoring, in mid-December, the Economic and Official Crime Investigation Team in coordination with other professional teams suddenly raided a parking lot on Cao Lo Street, Ward 4, District 8. The police arrested a group of suspects Cuong, Hanh, Hao, Trinh... who were manufacturing fake Western medicine. The police seized nearly 9,000 medical products with brands such as: Terpin Codein, Descotyl, Asmacort, Glotal... which are antibiotics, asthma medications, cough medications, pain relievers...
Based on the statements of these subjects, District 8 Police expanded the investigation and searched several locations near the Western medicine market in District 10 and in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province. The police also arrested Khoa, Quyen and Dang Van Hoa (40 years old, from Dong Nai).
Police seized a large quantity of counterfeit western medicine, worth billions of dong, sold on the market.
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| Amount of fake western medicine seized. Photo: Linh An |
Through investigation, it was determined that the mastermind was Nguyen Xuan Cuong. This subject hired other people to produce fake drugs and sell them everywhere.
Specifically, Cuong stated that he bought the raw materials from various sources on social networks and hid them in a parking lot on Cao Lo Street, District 8. Others were hired to produce fake drugs.
With fake capsules, Cuong's group placed the capsule shells in a mold, put the powder in, pressed it into pills, then put them in a labeled bottle, covered it with a lid...
As for the tablets, Cuong's group took the available tablets, put them in a jar, covered them and labeled them.
Cuong smuggled and sold these fake drugs to many other people, to pharmacies in District 10, Binh Tan, Go Vap...
Among those who bought fake medicine from Cuong were Khoa and Quyen. These two people confessed that they bought fake medicine from Cuong worth about 2 billion VND. In addition, Quyen confessed that he also bought fake medicine from Dang Van Hoa in Dong Nai.
Hoa confessed to buying raw materials and tools to organize the production of fake drugs at his home in Bien Hoa city.
The Investigation Police Agency of District 8 is extending the detention of Hoa, waiting to consolidate the case file to transfer to a competent unit for investigation and handling.
