10 men arrested for distributing adulterated liquor

Clivebenss SG

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

Clivebenss SG

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

sbst275 SG

They think this is cardboard?

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~ SG

They think this is cardboard?

no need to go cardboard...

up north got alot liaox...

sbst275 SG

5 charged riao

for making fake Johnnie Walker