09.12.2024 19:43
In an operation conducted in the Pamukova district of Sakarya, three suspects involved in the production of counterfeit alcohol and ethyl alcohol were detained. During the operation, many counterfeit alcoholic beverages and materials used in alcohol production were seized.
Three suspects were detained in a raid on illegal and counterfeit alcohol in the Pamukova district of Sakarya.
According to a statement from the Sakarya Governor's Office, teams from the Provincial Gendarmerie Command conducted operations on December 6 at the residences of M.E. and D.E. in the Bayırakçaşehir neighborhood, who were reported to be producing counterfeit alcohol for the market, and at the workplace of C.Ö. in the Elperek neighborhood.
20 LITERS OF FAKE RAKI, 300 LITERS OF FAKE WHISKEY
During the searches, 519 liters of ethyl alcohol ready for sale, 300 liters of unbanderole counterfeit whiskey, 20 liters of counterfeit raki, 5 liters of counterfeit tequila, 20,000 counterfeit alcohol banderoles, 2,500 ready-to-use empty alcohol bottles, 1,500 counterfeit outer wrapping labels, 100 ready-to-use alcohol caps, 5 liters of alcohol flavoring, 11 units of 3-milliliter grain flavoring agents, 9 units of 45-milliliter, 3 units of 20-milliliter, and 3 units of 3-milliliter anise flavoring agents were seized. Judicial proceedings have been initiated against the detained suspects.
ILLEGAL DETOX TEA ALSO SEIZED
Additionally, during a search conducted by the Highway Gendarmerie Command teams on a passenger bus driven by E.F., 99 boxes of unbanderole detox tea were seized. The statement also reported that approximately 15 million liters of counterfeit alcohol have been seized in inspections conducted by gendarmerie and security forces over the last 10 years.