Breaking up a fake medicine production line, seizing a huge shipment

The suspects and evidence of the case - Photo: Provided by Thanh Hoa Provincial Police

According to the Economic Police Department of Thanh Hoa Province Police, in recent days the unit has searched 6 locations where fake medicine is produced, worked, and hidden in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Phuc, Hung Yen, An Giang, and Dong Thap.

Thanh Hoa Provincial Police seized 21 types of modern medicine and fake bone and joint medicines including: 44 boxes of Tetracycline, 40 boxes of Clorocid, 49 boxes of Pharcoter, 52 boxes of Neo-Codion; 1,232 boxes of Rheumatoid Arthritis Relief, 4,122 boxes of Tui Hua Shen Jing Tong.

2,285 boxes of Cordyceps ginseng velvet tonic spleen and stomach tonic; 1,923 boxes of Profeessor's Pill; 5,172 boxes of Mujarhabat Capsule; 2,017 boxes of Gai cot hoan; 930 boxes of Toa cot thien ma thong phong hoan; 6,612 boxes of Tuyet lien thien ma bao khop hoan.

1,014 boxes of Phong te dau bach xa Vuong medicine; 4,743 boxes of Phong te dau ho cot hoan medicine; 845 boxes of Da xoang mui medicine; 4,012 boxes of Vien vai co medicine; 2,413 boxes of Yuan Bone medicine; 834 boxes of Thoai cot hoan plus medicine; 515 boxes of Thoai hoa dau khong hoan plus medicine; 657 boxes of Thoai hoa toa cot don medicine.

Evidence of the case - Photo: Provided by Thanh Hoa Provincial Police

In addition, the police also seized raw materials for producing counterfeit drugs, including: more than 18,000 boxes of various types, 142kg of various types of pills, tablets, powders, and many production machines and equipment such as presses, blister molds, adhesive tapes, etc.

The total mass of fake medicine and raw materials to produce fake medicine is nearly 10 tons.

According to the initial investigation results of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police, this group was led by Nguyen Tien Dat, 34 years old, residing in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, in collusion with Trinh Doan Giao, 40 years old, residing in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, specializing in producing and trading fake medicine.

The defendants purchased pharmaceutical ingredients, medicinal herbs, and herbs of unknown origin, hired workers to mix and grind them into powder. They used machines to form capsules, blister packs, and package the finished fake drugs, then sold them on the market.

Police inspect evidence of the case - Photo: Provided by Thanh Hoa Provincial Police

Through the investigation, the defendants confessed that from 2021 until their arrest, they had sold a large quantity of fake drugs to the market, with an estimated illegal profit of nearly 200 billion VND.

Many tricks to produce and trade fake drugs

Regarding the method of producing fake drugs, the defendants rented warehouses in remote locations in An Giang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hanoi; hired workers who were relatives or acquaintances.

Workers live in closed warehouses and do not interact with surrounding residents.

Regarding the method of selling fake drugs to the market, under the guise of being pharmacists selling drugs for pharmaceutical companies, the defendants used social networks Zalo and Facebook to advertise that they had genuine antibiotics from the company, "smuggled" from bidding sources, or sold out without being able to issue invoices, so they sold them cheaper than genuine products.

Regarding the "counterfeit" drugs of foreign origin, the defendants introduced them as "hand-carried" goods so there were no invoices or accompanying documents to gain the trust of buyers.

To create trust, the defendants bought real drugs and mixed them with fake drugs to sell on the market. When customers believed them, the group only sold fake drugs they produced themselves.

Thanh Hoa Provincial Police have initiated a case and prosecuted 14 defendants for "producing and trading in counterfeit disease prevention and treatment drugs".

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