A huge sales fake drug criminal network was destroyed

Beijing police recently slammed a criminal network of counterfeit drug production and sale in Heilongjiang, destroyed three family-owned criminal gangs and arrested 10 criminal suspects. The police seized more than 20 kinds of counterfeit medicines including compound Danshen Dripping Pills, “Urine Toxic Clearing”, “Xiayanping” and “Polvi", and about 3,800 boxes of more than 370,000 tablets. The value involved was about 700,000.

At the same time, the Fangshan police tracked down and successively seized 13 boxes of counterfeit medicine from Xinfadi, Yuegezhuang in Fengtai District and Heizhuanghu in Chaoyang District.

According to the police officer of the investigation case, these counterfeit drugs were sent to Anhui, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hunan, Xinjiang, and other 16 provinces and cities throughout the country by means of logistics delivery. They have formed a series of “production, supply, and sales”. Criminal network.

Fangshan police conducted investigations around the suspect’s trajectory and fake drug warehouses. After three consecutive days of careful investigation, after finding out the suspect's foothold and the location of the warehouse, the coveted "Skynet" quickly opened.

At present, 9 suspects, including Lee, have been criminally detained by the Fangshan police for allegedly producing and selling counterfeit drugs, and the other person has been released on bail pending trial.

Police tips

Identifying counterfeit medicines from 6 perspectives 1. Drug names have hints: "Anti-cancer capsules", "Leather peeling light", "Anti-rheumatic drug wine". These drug names suggest that they can cure certain diseases. The names of regular drugs will not contain These contents.

2. The document number is not standardized: "Pharmaceutical Guardian No. 000000", "Drug Consumer quasi-word No. 000000", such approval number is not standardized. At present, the format of the drug approval document number is “Guozi Quasi-letter-eight digits”, and the letters include H (chemicals), Z (Chinese medicine), S (biological products), and F (medicinal auxiliary materials).

3. Instructions confusion: When you identify counterfeit drugs, you need to read the instructions. There will be brief instructions on the kit to describe the scope of disease treatment. The Chinese medicine can only say “function indication”, the chemical preparation “indication”, and the biological product “function and use” or “inoculation target”. . The instructions for counterfeit drugs often express confusion, for example, a Chinese patent medicine describes its “indications” as “psoriasis and other skin diseases”.

4. No expiration date: If you cannot find the production date and expiration date from the pillbox, it is also a "foot". The regular pharmaceutical batch number specifications, the effective date marked accurately. For example, the batch number of the drug production is 20080731, valid for three years, and expired in July 2012.

5. Marking is not clear: A counterfeit medicine is marked with a yellow "topical medicine" in the upper right corner of the front of the kit. Regular medicines mark drug classifications, such as prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs (OTCs), special drugs (foreign drugs, psychoactive drugs, etc.), and are clearly marked and color coded. Counterfeit medicines are either not marked or the text lines of the labeling text are blurred and the use of color is not standardized. For example, the label for "topical medicines" should be red, and some counterfeit medicines should be brown or yellow.

6. Packaging chanting slogans: Drug packaging is not allowed to label other content. Such as advertising nature of the slogan, title; beyond the content of the brochure and other promotional materials. If you encounter propaganda above, you may suspect it is a fake drug. The consistency and authenticity of the drug's production address, contact telephone number, etc. are also aspects of authenticating fake medicines.