By S Ramesh | Posted: 29 December 2010 2114 hrs
SINGAPORE : Police
have arrested 10 men, aged between 27 and 40 years, for reproducing and
distributing adulterated liquor.
This follows a 19-hour
island-wide operation on Tuesday.
Officers also raided several
distribution outlets, a storage location and a reproduction factory
located at various parts of Singapore - such as Hillview, Bukit Batok,
Jurong West, Ang Mo Kio and Serangoon.
Over 3,000 bottles of
adulterated liquor which infringed the trademarks of renowned liquor
brands, equipment and a van were also seized. The estimated street value
of the items seized was over S$94,000.
Five of the suspects will
be charged in court on Thursday with offences under the Trade Marks
Act.
Investigations on the remaining suspects are on-going.
The
Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Senior Assistant
Commissioner of Police Ng Boon Gay, said: "Police take a serious view of
syndicated piracy and will continue to clamp down on such activities.
"This
particular syndicate may even have put the health of the public at risk
by adulterating these drinks. Such irresponsible acts will not be
condoned and offenders will be taken to task."
Anyone found
guilty of selling, distributing or manufacturing infringing articles of
any work in which trade mark subsists, may be fined up to S$10,000 per
article - up to a maximum of S$100,000 for all items - or jailed up to
five years or both.
- CNA
Adulterated whisky: 5 charged
By Leong Wee Keat | Posted: 30 December 2010 1444 hrs
SINGAPORE: Five men,
aged between 32 and 36 years, have been charged with adulterating
'Johnnie Walker' whisky.
Ong Bee Hock, 36, Shawn Wan Kee Wee, 35,
Ho Thiam Hwa, 34, Michael Ong Bee Zhuan, 33, and Ong Bee Hong, 32, are
accused of altering the liquor content of 177 bottles of 'Johnnie
Walker' whisky on 28 December.
The men, charged in a district
court on Thursday, were among 10 arrested by the police for their roles
in the reproduction and distribution of adulterated liquor.
They
were arrested after a 19-hour island-wide operation on Tuesday.
More
than 3,000 bottles of adulterated liquor infringing the trademarks of
renowned liquor brands, related counterfeiting accessories, reproduction
equipment and a van were seized.
The estimated street value of
the items seized is believed to be more than S$94,000.
Ho, who
faces another charge of having 79 'Erimin 5' drug tablets, was offered
$50,000 bail.
The others have been remanded for further
investigations.
Their cases will be mentioned again next
Thursday.
Under the Trade Marks Act, a person who counterfeits a
registered trade mark can be jailed up to five years and fined S$100,000
upon conviction.
- CNA
Originally posted by sbst275:They think this is cardboard?
no need to go cardboard...
up north got alot liaox...
5 charged riao
for making fake Johnnie Walker