Shocking 'Chivas 18' sold at bars made of cheap alcohol and fish sauce color
Dozens of bottles of fake foreign liquor labeled Chivas, Hennessey, Martin, were produced by Hoai with the formula: cheap Ballantine's Vodka mixed with caramel used to cook fish and then sold to restaurants and bars.
On May 27, Di An Town Police (Binh Duong) decided to temporarily detain Bui Van Hoai (26 years old, from Nghe An) for producing counterfeit goods.
According to the investigation, from around April 2016, detectives discovered that Hoai rented a house in Thong Nhat neighborhood (Di An ward, Di An town) to mix alcohol and sell it.
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| Tools used to mix fake foreign wine by Hoai Photo: Do Truong |
Through surveillance, at around 7:00 p.m. on May 20, Hoai carried a cardboard box containing 15 bottles of Ballantine's wine back to the rented house to mix wine.
Immediately afterwards, the police conducted an emergency search of Hoai's rented residence and seized many bottle capping tools, labels of various types of wine: Chivas, Henessey, Martin... and hundreds of bottles of all kinds.
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| After mixing, Hoai "produced" bottles of wine that looked like the real thing. Photo: Do Truong |
Hoai confessed that together with another person (unknown background), he bought cheap bottles of Ballantine's (200,000 VND/bottle) and mixed them with Vodka and fish sauce to create Chivas 12 and 18, Henessey, Martin... and then sold them to restaurants and bars.
Most recently, Hoai sold 40 bottles of Chivas 12 to a bar in Dong Hoa Ward (Di An Town).
According to Thanh Nien
