After cooking impurities, this facility is mixed with flat pepper to produce “standard” pepper. Every day “turning” like that, the profit base is 2.5 million dong.
The purchasing establishment mixes dirty impurities with low pepper
On March 27, according to information from the police agency of Phu Rieng district (Binh Phuoc), at about 6 a.m. on March 25, the police force of Phu Rieng district checked the pepper purchasing point in Binh Dien hamlet. Binh Son commune, Phu Rieng district, owned by Mrs. Du Thi Mai (28 years old) and Mr. Le Van Long (31 years old).
Through the search, the functional force discovered behind this facility are Mr. Du Cong Hoang (49 years old, resident of Thanh Hoa province) and Mr. Le Ich Tu (37 years old, resident of Da Kia commune, Bu Gia Map district, Binh province). Phuoc) is mixing impurities for cooking and forming a plastic, dark brown and foul-smelling impurity. After cooking for about 2 hours, bring this impurity to mix with flat pepper, stir well and then dry to turn flat pepper into better quality pepper.
Impurities are mixed with ground pepper and then dried in the sun
Through his work, Mr. Le Van Long claimed to have purchased flat peppercorns and then hired people to mix impurities to increase the weight and color of pepper for sale. Every day, the establishment mixes over 200 kg of flat pepper to get 250 kg of higher quality pepper, sells it and earns a profit of over 2.5 million dong. Finished products are sold to traders, and then sold in markets in and outside the province.
Expanding the search, the functional forces discovered a room containing materials containing many bags containing yellow starch. Le Van Long admits that this starch is often used for cooking and then mixed with flat pepper to increase weight and black color.
Starch is used for cooking and then mixed with ground pepper
Police have temporarily seized 16 bags of yellow starch weighing 315 kg, 1 bag of dark red starch of 1.9 kg to solicit analysis and assessment of the composition; more than 10 quintals of pepper mixed with impurities and nearly 6 quintals of dried pepper.
This pepper purchasing establishment does not have a business license and the owner of this establishment has a kinship relationship with the owner of the establishment that mixes impurities into pepper in Da Kia commune, Bu Gia Map district, which was discovered by the police. Caught in the act in early March.
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