Buying floating cooking oil, labeled Tuong An, selling 500 liters/day to the market

(Baonghean.vn)- After 1 month of monitoring, at 3:00 a.m. on September 27, 2017, the Environmental Police Team of Vinh City Police discovered and seized a large quantity of cooking oil of unknown origin.

121 cans of cooking oil were seized. Photo: Hong Quang

At house number 10 Phung Khac Khoan street, Hung Dung ward, Vinh city, the Environmental Police Team of Vinh city police discovered and caught red-handed Mr. Nguyen Quoc Tuan (born in 1972), residing in Quan Bau ward (Vinh city), in the act of decanting a large quantity of cooking oil of unknown origin into Tuong An oil cans.

Cans of food labeled Tuong An. Photo: Hong Quang

At the scene, the police discovered 5 tanks containing cooking oil, each holding 1,000 liters, of which 121 Tuong An brand cans, each holding 25 liters, and 30 Tuong An oil cans were transferred.

The environmental police force has drawn up a record to seize 5,100 liters of cooking oil without documents proving its origin that had been packed into Tuong An brand cooking oil cans.

Nguyen Quoc Tuan is decanting cooking oil of unknown origin. Photo: Hong Quang

According to initial testimony, Nguyen Quoc Tuan supplied 5,000 liters of cooking oil to restaurants and eateries in Vinh city and surrounding areas every day. Tuan bought this amount of cooking oil floating around Cua Lo town and packed it into cans labeled Tuong An oil to sell on the market for profit.

Currently, Vinh City police are completing the case file for processing according to the provisions of law.

Hong Quang