Vietnamese migrants arrested in illicit cigarette factory raid

From: Asia Times

Materials and machinery seized could have manufactured 375,000 packs of cigarettes with a market value of NT$37.5 million (US$1.22 million)

Two Taiwanese men and five Vietnamese illegal migrants were arrested on Tuesday for illegally manufacturing cigarettes in Changhua County. Almost 5,000 kilograms of loose tobacco and cigarette-making machinery were confiscated in the raid on a warehouse that led to the arrests.

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On July 25, the authorities conducted a raid at the warehouse, where the seven people were arrested and seizures were made of almost five tonnes of loose tobacco along with machinery used in the manufacture of cigarettes.

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