Breaking News – International Police crack counterfeit case in South China
With the assistance of China police, the World Health Organization and scientists from Oxford University, the International Police Organization (Interpol) uncovered counterfeit antimalarial production and sales in southern China, which contain toxins.
This case code-named “Jupiter Action” mainly investigated the case where a large number of “Tiger Ester Artesunate Tablets” that are counterfeit produces of “Gui Medicine” trademark were found in southern China. Tiger esters containing artesunate is the antimalarial drug manufactured by China Guilin Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. The fake medicine collected by the investigating officers is difficult to differentiate from the genuine ones in appearance. After laboratory tests, scientists found the fake GUI drug does not contain tiger ester artesunate with some of them even containing toxic ingredients.
According to China’s Internet news, the related operation extended to Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Shandong, and other provinces as well as the China-Burma border areas. Chinese police cut off a major underground channel of the sale of fake tiger ester artesunate tablets from Southwest China to the Greater Mekong River sub-region. It is known that the arrested suspects have already sold 240,000 packets of the counterfeit tablets.
The above news is brought to you by Xiao Sheng, and hosted by Chris Thomas for Breaking News on the SOH Radio Network.
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