Fake factory producing Wine Caught

Men of the Abia State Police Command
have raided a factory where syndicates
who specialised in the production of fake
food drinks carry out their illegal trade at
Eziukwu Cemetery Market in Aba, the
commercial nerve centre of the state.
Police detectives who worked in
collaboration with the National Task Force
on Smuggling and Adulterated Drugs
arrested one Ben Ozinna, who hails from
Utulu, Oru West Local Government in Imo
State, believed to be running the factory
together with other suspects now at large.
Items recovered at the factory are five
cartons of Seaman Schnapps, empty
Schnapps wrappings, two bottles of 501
and 24 bottles of St. Remy Martins.
A police source told Southern City News
that the suspects had imported industrial
machines for corking the fake drinks from
Japan, adding that the manufacturing
process looked like a real factory.
“We met them in the factory while
production was ongoing. They had
perfected the production of the drinks so
much that when you see them, you would
think they were made in London.
“The worst of it all is that they used
chemicals for the production of hair dye to
colour the drinks. What they do is to mix
the fake drinks in a big basin and fill the
bottle.
“That is why it is injurious to the kidney
and the intestines. We are calling on the
members of the public to be careful of the
kind of beverages they buy and consume,”
the source said.
The suspect, however, denied taking part
in the unlawful business and added that he
was in the market to purchase a perfume
when he was arrested and taken to the
police station and accused of the crime.
He described himself as a trader at Ariaria
International Market dealing in padlocks.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Adeleye Oyebade, confirmed the arrest of
the suspect and added that investigation
was ongoing with a view to arresting other
members of the gang.
Oyebade pointed out that Ozinna would
soon be arraigned in court.by chibabynaija2