Man caught with fake insecticide stash<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a 22-year-old man late Monday
\nfor allegedly manufacturing fake insecticide for sale to the
\npublic under famous brand names, an officer said.<\/p>\n
Head of the economic crimes unit Lt. Col. Saut Usman Nasution
\nsaid on Tuesday that Heng Kui, alias Anen, was apprehended at a
\nhouse on Jl. Serdang in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Police confiscated 32 boxes of insecticide fluid bottles
\nbearing the brand names Baygon and Hit. Each box contained 20
\nbottles.<\/p>\n
Also seized were 31 cardboard boxes printed with the two
\nbrandnames, six sacks of used Baygon plastic bottles, 18 drums of
\nkerosene, three drums containing a chemical liquid, two empty
\ndrums and several wooden rods which were believed to be used for
\nmixing the liquids, Usman said.<\/p>\n
Heng Kui told the media that he was hired by a man called
\nAseng, a resident of the West Java capital of Bandung, for Rp
\n30,000 per day to mix the liquids and bottle the products.<\/p>\n
\"We produced about 30 boxes per day.\" He claimed to know
\nnothing about the distribution and sales of the products.<\/p>\n
\"Aseng takes care of everything,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Aseng is still at large, Usman said.<\/p>\n
The two, he said, had run their illegal business since March
\nand had distributed thousands of bottles in the greater Jakarta
\narea at a price of about Rp 9,000 each, compared to the retail
\nprice of about Rp 13,000 for the genuine products.<\/p>\n
According to Usman, it was difficult to distinguish the
\ngenuine and the fake products at a glance. But he said the
\nfragrance and effects of the two were markedly different.<\/p>\n
\"The fake Baygon is not deadly to mosquitoes, and it only
\nmakes people dizzy.\"<\/p>\n
L. Tobing of PT Bayer Indonesia, which produces Baygon in
\nIndonesia, refused to comment on the arrest.<\/p>\n
Usman said it was not the first case in the capital involving
\nadulteration or counterfeiting of well-known products.<\/p>\n
\"We have already found at least five similar cases for various
\nproducts here, and we believe that there are still more.\" (emf)<\/p>",
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