A one dollar wine, a five dollar bottle
2024-09-27
A soaring fighter jet pattern has replaced the Flying Goddess pattern, and the packaging box is prominently printed with the words "for military use only"... It looks quite like a "special liquor" from Maotai, but in fact, none of the bottles are real. Recently, under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, the public security organs of Liaoning, Jilin and other provinces have successively captured a batch of suspect who manufacture and sell so-called "special liquor", exposing the black interest chain of production, supply and marketing of "special liquor". It seems "real". In March this year, the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department found a warehouse hiding a large number of "special liquor" during inspection, and more than 43000 cases of fake and inferior Baijiu were seized at the scene. The manufacturer indicated on the packaging of these wines is labeled as "Military Brewery". The reporter saw in the warehouse that these counterfeit products were packaged in luxurious and exaggerated packaging. A fake product named "Military Maotai Liquor" is very similar to Kweichow Moutai Liquor in color matching, product name font and appearance design. The biggest difference is that the flying goddess pattern of Kweichow Moutai Maotai Liquor is replaced by a flying fighter pattern. According to the police, the sales of these "special wines" are very good. In addition to the more than 40000 cases seized, the turnover amount of suspect Xin who sold "special wines" in two years exceeded 2 million yuan. Why are these "special edition wines" so popular? Wang Anfeng, deputy captain of the Third Brigade of the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Detachment of Shenyang Public Security Bureau, said that the seized packaging of "special supply liquor" was deceptive. The shape of the bottle can be tank shaped, submachine gun shaped, grenade shaped, and even missile vehicle and Shenzhou spacecraft shaped. There are multiple prominent words such as "military special supply" and "military special supply" on the bottle body and outer packaging, which look like "real". Song Yang, the leader of the food and drug crime investigation team of the Peace Branch of Shenyang Public Security Bureau, who was involved in the investigation of the case, said that some suspect made up their identities as ex servicemen when selling, which led many consumers to mistakenly believe that they really had "internal channels" to get "special liquor". The police said that the suspect had handled some consumers' psychology of using "special wine" to save face very well. 'Special supply liquor' is usually not displayed on the counter. Only when someone asks, do they mysteriously and politely take out a few bottles, 'Song Yang said. In March of this year, the Jilin Public Security Bureau cracked the case of Xu in Jilin City, who produced and sold counterfeit and inferior products, in which legitimate liquor companies secretly made "special supplies" at night. The public security personnel found that the "military Maotai liquor" sold by the suspect Xu came from two distilleries in Heilongjiang and Anhui, of which the distillery in Anhui is a formal enterprise with complete formalities. The Anhui distillery involved in the case has been operating locally for many years and has a large sales volume. The factory produces regular Luzhou flavor Baijiu in the daytime, and organizes personnel to produce 'special liquor' at night to avoid daily inspection. " Yuan Ye, Deputy Captain of the Ecological Environment Crime Investigation Brigade of Fengman Branch of Jilin Public Security Bureau, said. The police arrested the person in charge of the distillery, Li, and the bartender, Ma, and seized some packaging materials used for producing "special supply liquor". According to the testimonies of Li and Ma, Li and Xu are fellow villagers from Anhui. Tempted by high profits, they began customizing and producing "Military Moutai" with the "Military Reclamation" logo for Xu through a distillery in 2018. The investigation by the public security organs found that the packaging cost of each bottle of "special supply wine" is about 5 yuan, and the cost of the wine is less than 1 yuan. Suspect are sold by case. Each case has 6 bottles of wine, and the price ranges from 100 yuan to 300 yuan. Since 2022, the distillery has produced and sold over 50000 boxes of "special supply wine", which have been sold to 10 cities in 5 provinces including Jilin and Heilongjiang. After further investigation, the police have identified a packaging supplier from Wuxi, Jiangsu, who is involved in the black profit chain of "special supply liquor" - Mr. Hua. On site investigation found that Hua has a packaging production workshop and provides packaging materials for both regular wine and "special supply wine" to Li. Since 2022, Hua has been producing "special supply wine" packaging materials on an order basis according to the requirements of Li and Ma, with about 3000 sets per batch, including packaging boxes, paper shells, etc; Different orders have different packaging and require mold replacement for production. Once completed, they will be delivered by express mail. According to statistics, Mr. Hua has produced more than 50000 sets of packaging materials, with a total value of over 2 million yuan involved in the case. Since this year, the Ministry of Public Security has deployed and carried out the "clean wind" special action, organized national public security organs to eliminate a number of counterfeiting gangs, captured a number of suspect, and eradicated a number of counterfeiting dens. After testing, the so-called "special supply liquor" seized by the public security organs are mostly unqualified products. In the case seized by the public security organs in Jilin City, Li and Ma purchased 95% corn edible alcohol from Suzhou, Anhui at a price of about 3 yuan per kilogram, blended it with distilled water to 42%, and then mixed it with a small amount of sauce flavored bulk liquor to give it a sauce flavored taste. On the "Military Maotai Liquor" bottle, the alcohol content is falsely labeled as 53 degrees, and the national standard for printing is "thick sauce with fragrance". Ma explained that the "special supply wine" is not brewed according to the execution standards, nor is it made from grains. Wang Anfeng told reporters that out of 113 batches of products seized by Liaoning public security organs, 53 batches of samples did not meet the requirements in terms of total ester, total acid and alcohol strength. Some samples even detected forbidden essence ingredients such as sodium cyclamate, which posed a threat to the health of drinkers. Consumers should effectively enhance their awareness of prevention and keep in mind that any claims of 'special supply liquor' or 'exclusive supply liquor' in the market are fake liquor. When purchasing liquor, choose legitimate merchants, report suspicious clues to the public security organs or relevant departments in a timely manner, and avoid being deceived Wang Xudong, political commissar of the Ecological Environment Crime Investigation Detachment of Jilin Public Security Bureau, said. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security stated that the public security organs will continue to deepen the "Clean Wind" special action and maintain a high-pressure situation in cracking down on the crime of illegal production and sale of "special supply liquor". (New Society)
Edit：HAN ZHUOLING Responsible editor：CAICAI
Source：people.com
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