China: Confiscated 18,000 fake Viagra tablets

Chinese police have arrested more than a ton of counterfeit drugs, including anti-avian drugs, malaria and impotence - including at least 18,000 fake Viagra pills.

According to Xinhua, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security - which initiated a raid action in 2005 - has announced 10 kinds of counterfeit goods among the most famous fake goods, from pharmaceuticals to creams. brush teeth.

More than 30 people were arrested for being suspected of producing or trading counterfeit drugs.

Police in Zhejiang province raided a crime band that specialized in fake Viagra drugs and sold the counterfeit drug to 12 countries around the world, including the US and the Netherlands. In this attack, police seized 18,000 tablets of Viagra.

Chinese police have confiscated more than 1 ton of counterfeit drugs, including at least 18,000 tablets of Viagra.(Photo: Reuters)

In Guangdong Province, police arrested 12 people and confiscated about 1 ton of counterfeit drugs, 2 production lines and a huge amount of materials for the production of 'sildenafil citrate' - the scientific name of Viagra.

According to Xinhua, in May last year, police detained 19 suspects and closed six factories for producing fake Tamiflu and fake bird flu. Notably, they sold these counterfeit drugs to the US via the Internet.

Last April, the police also broke a line of toothpaste piracy production and trading on a national scale. In this case, 5 suspects were arrested.

In recent times, Chinese media have reported on fake and poor quality or pharmaceutical products almost daily. And the issue of food safety in China has become the focus of international attention after many scandals about food and pharmaceuticals have occurred continuously in recent years.

Chinese people's concern about domestic food safety has been on the rise since 2004, when at least 13 babies died of malnutrition due to being fed with fake powdered milk and absolutely no have nutritional value.

Quang Thinh