Xi'an, October 10 (Alina Qin Shaohua) Filling, capping, spraying... In just 10 minute, the liquor that costs tens of yuan is transformed into Kweichow Moutai wine worth thousands of yuan. The reporter learned from the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau on the 1th that the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau Logistics Delivery Crime Investigation Detachment recently successfully cracked a particularly large cross-regional case of manufacturing and selling counterfeit Moutai liquor, arrested 10 criminal suspects, and seized more than 4,6500 bottles of suspected counterfeit Moutai liquor.
Xi'an police took down a huge criminal gang that produced and sold counterfeit alcohol. Photo courtesy of Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau
According to reports, on the evening of September 2022, 9, a batch of goods was transited at an express transportation station in Xi'an, and the outer packaging of the goods was a cardboard box without any pattern and logo, and the police of the four brigades of the physical investigation detachment who were patrolling and visiting the transfer station felt a little suspicious, and after inspection, it was found that it was Feitian Moutai wine sent from a certain place in the province and transferred to many places across the country. With years of work experience, the police felt that there should be a problem with this batch of wine, and after being identified by professional institutions, it was determined to be counterfeit Feitian Moutai wine.
In order to prevent more fake and shoddy liquor from entering the market through logistics delivery channels and harming people's life, health safety and normal legitimate rights and interests, the physical investigation detachment set up a special case team as soon as possible, and immediately went to a city in the province the next day to carry out case investigation.
Xi'an police took down a huge criminal gang that produced and sold counterfeit alcohol. Photo courtesy of Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau
After checking the logistics information, the police contacted a certain express delivery network in a certain place responsible for collecting the goods, locked down two trucks that transported counterfeit liquor on a daily basis, and successfully discovered the criminal den of producing and selling counterfeit liquor in an abandoned school in a certain place through squatting and visiting. The den used the waste recycling station as a cover, and four criminal suspects led by Lu were engaged in production work in the den, and the bottled wine was purchased from Maotai Town, Guizhou Province at a price of 4 yuan and 100 liters, and after the process of packaging, labeling, boxing, etc., a counterfeit bottle of "10 degrees Feitian Moutai wine" was shipped.
The police found three ledgers recording transaction information in the manufacturing and sales den, and through combing the context of the case, checking the flow of funds, and comprehensively analyzing and judging, it was determined that Lu and others had carried out the production and sale of counterfeit liquor in a certain city in another province, and after their illegal acts attracted the attention of the relevant local departments, the gang members led by Lu immediately fled to a city in Shaanxi Province to continue to carry out the production and sale of counterfeit liquor.
Xi'an police took down a huge criminal gang that produced and sold counterfeit alcohol. Photo courtesy of Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau
In order to arrest the suspects as soon as possible, the police of the special case team went to 3 cities in three provinces, traveled for several months and traveled more than 10,5000 kilometers, and successfully arrested the four main suspects in the case through investigation and visits, tracking along the line, and squatting and waiting.
In the next step, the Xi'an Public Security Physical Investigation Department will continue to pay close attention to the outstanding public security problems in the field of logistics and delivery, promote safety investigation and control, crime crackdown, service development and other work as a whole, and make every effort to escort the stable, healthy and orderly development of the logistics delivery industry. (End)