From: South China Morning Post
Criminal gang suspected of illegally producing 10,000 cigarettes a day from five bases across the country
More than 30 people have been arrested in southwest China on suspicion of making and selling counterfeit cigarettes valued at 140 million yuan (US$21.7 million), according to an online news report.
Police and tobacco law enforcement officials raided the gang’s main production base in Qujing, Yunnan province, on June 6 after weeks of surveillance, Yunnan.cn reported on Sunday.