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The Nungua Divisional Police on Wednesday arrested three persons who are said to be part of a fake alcohol production cartel in Accra.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0products produced\u00a0under the guise of GIHOC distilleries\u00a0products were illegally produced with tax stamps and subsequently sold onto the local\u00a0market.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ASP Tsidi Francis, Divisional Commander for Kpeshie at Nungua, disclosed to Joy News\u00a0that the Regional Crime Office is currently in talks with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA)\u00a0to ascertain the level of harm the\u00a0products could have on consumers.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
\u201cWe were able to locate their place of operation, found them in the process of\u00a0production\u00a0and made four\u00a0arrests. We were able to retrieve 120 cartons of products labelled as Castle Bridge drinks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was also\u00a090 cartons of\u00a0empty bottles supposed to be of Herb Afrique and Mandingo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
The Divisional Commander is\u00a0worried\u00a0lead has been how they afforded original tax stamps from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).<\/p>\n
He stated that \u201cIt\u2019s quite difficult to tell how this tax stamp was acquired. We will be engaging the GRA to ascertain how these stamps got to these criminals\u201d.<\/p>\n
As the holidays beckon, the police are continuously advising\u00a0the general public especially consumers of alcoholic beverages to be vigilant on the kinds of products they patronise.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
ASP Tsidi Francis said\u00a0an assessment of how new a product looks; the expiry date and quality of the product are very key.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Joy Business has learned the Police Service will in the coming days be embarking on similar swoop exercises across the country with officials of GSA and GRA\u00a0to clamp down on cartels of fake products.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nungua Divisional Police on Wednesday arrested three persons who are said to be part of a fake alcohol production cartel in Accra. The\u00a0products produced\u00a0under the guise of GIHOC distilleries\u00a0products were illegally produced with tax stamps and subsequently sold onto the local\u00a0market.\u00a0 ASP Tsidi Francis, Divisional Commander for Kpeshie at Nungua, disclosed to Joy News\u00a0that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":739621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-739620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n
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