In mid-April, Zengcheng police received a report from the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, reporting that there was a suspected counterfeit cigarette manufacturing den in Paitan Village, Paitan Town, Zengcheng District.

Recently, the Guangzhou Zengcheng police, together with the Zengcheng Inspection Team of the Guangzhou Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, successfully destroyed the counterfeit cigarette manufacturing gang, capturing 7 counterfeit suspects on site and destroying 2 counterfeit cigarette dens. It is reported that the factory is hidden in the vast mountains and forests, operates in two shifts 24 hours a day, and produces all kinds of counterfeit registered trademark cigarettes.

In this operation, *** seized 2.35 million finished cigarettes, 1,420 kilograms of cigarette paper, 1.158 million filter sticks, 2,249 kilograms of shredded tobacco, 42 trays of tipping paper and other counterfeit raw materials. , as well as a batch of counterfeiting tools such as cigarette making machines and splicing machines. After investigation, the amount involved in the counterfeiting gang was nearly 1.8 million yuan.