Latest Notice: Zero Tolerance for Illegal Vapes as Authorities Intensify Crackdown

At 11:00 pm on March 16, we successfully seized fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that had arrived in Fuzhou from an underground factory in Wuxue, Hubei Province near a building in Cangshan District, Fuzhou. We pursued the victory and successively arrested suspects Lu and Xie in Wuxue, Hubei Province and Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. They destroyed two e-cigarette factories located on the outskirts of Wuxue, Hubei Province, and seized smoking equipment on the spot.smoke oilThere are a total of 260 production machines, more than 50000 semi-finished e-cigarette products, and more than 3300 finished products, with a value of 4 million yuan and a total value of more than 57 million yuan involved.

Anhui

On March 15, Bengbu Ciyt, Anhui Province cracked the first large-scale case of selling counterfeit e-cigarettes in Anhui Province, arresting more than 30 suspects involved in the case, destroying 2 illegal e-cigarette production factories and 3 illegal e-cigarette warehouses, and seizing more than 30000 boxes of finished e-cigarette products, 2 electronic injection machines, and a large number of unassembled e-cigarette production components, packaging materials and tobacco oil. The value involved exceeded 100 million yuan.

On February 6, in Luyang Branch of Hefei City, in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Quanzhou and other places, with the support of relevant units, a unified network closure operation was carried out against Li Moujin, Zheng Moulian and others. 31 gang members were arrested and 2.42 million yuan of funds involved in the case were seized. A total of more than 100,000 illegal e-cigarettes and new e-cigarettes such as milk tea cups and coke cans were seized, involving a total amount of 50 million yuan, becoming the first case in the province with the largest number of items involved and the largest amount of money involved. Illegal e-cigarette business case involving the case.

Jiangxi

On March 12, West Lake District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province cracked a case of illegal operation of e-cigarettes. On the spot, the parties Yi Moukai, Zhang Moubing and Wan Mougao illegally operated 130 varieties of e-cigarettes, with a case value of nearly 300,000 yuan. The case was Since the implementation of the "Measures for the Management of Electronic Cigarettes" on May 1, 2022, the West Lake District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau cracked the first case of large-scale sales of illegally produced e-cigarettes.

Qinghai

On March 8, members of the task force judged that the time was ripe to close the network, and traveled to Hebei, Guangxi, Hubei, Henan, and Guangdong to carry out a centralized network closing operation across more than 10,000 kilometers. It took nearly 20 days to arrest 10 suspects one by one, freeze 2 bank accounts involved in the case, freeze more than 13 million yuan of funds involved in the case, destroy 8 warehouses, and seize non-national standard e-cigarettes in one fell swoop.the cartridge, smoking equipment in total 37. More than 20,000 pieces, involving a total amount of 150 million yuan.

Beijing

As of the end of February, a total of 1547 households producing and operating entities of various types of e-cigarettes have been inspected, 18 illegal cases have been investigated and dealt with, and various illegal activities have been seized.e-cigarette productsThere were 28,600 people, involving a total amount of 2.1372 million yuan, and the public security organs detained 3 people in accordance with the law.

Zhejiang

In late February, 17 people including Wang and Lin were arrested on the scene in Hangzhou City and Fuyang District, Zhejiang Province, two illegal production and sales dens were destroyed, and more than 12000 flavored e-cigarette transformed products were seized. The amount involved was found to exceed 20 million yuan.

Zhejiang Yongkang successfully destroyed 8 production dens, warehousing dens, and sales dens, arrested 6 suspects suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks, seized 9 machines and equipment, and seized more than 40,000 counterfeit e-cigarettes and more than 40,000 outer packaging boxes., the value involved exceeded 40 million yuan, and the funds frozen more than 2 million yuan.

On February 20, 2023, Qinzhou, Guangxi, arrested Gui Moumou, Liang Moumou, Su Moumou and others suspected of smoking "Shangshang e-cigarettes" in a shop in a community in the city, and seized 2 "Shangshang e-cigarettes" cigarette rods and 3 cigarette bombs after smoking, and arrested online Huang Moumou, who sold "Shangshang e-cigarettes". On March 15, Huang Moumou was sentenced to three months 'detention by the Qinnan District People's Court for the crime of drug trafficking, fined 3,000 yuan, and confiscated 2 mobile phones as a tool for committing crimes.

Yizhou District conducted a surprise inspection of the store and seized a batch of illegally produced e-cigarette products on the spot, including 51 smoking utensils, 15 cigarette bombs, 9 disposable e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups", and 3 CE5 rechargeable e-cigarettes. Currently, the case is still under further investigation.

On February 25, illegal e-cigarettes sold by Dai and Wei were seized in a stationery wholesale store in a shopping mall in Liuzhou City. Non-national-standard e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups","violent bears" and "coke cans" involved 2936 pieces of 14 varieties, with an estimated value of 84,400 yuan. Two suspects were arrested on the scene.# p#pagination title #e#

It is reported that since the transition period of e-cigarette supervision, the Shenzhen Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, in conjunction with the public security, market supervision and other departments, has continued to intensify crackdowns, investigated and handled more than 50 e-cigarette cases, and seized more than 1.6 million illegal disposable e-cigarettes and e-cigarette cigarettes. More than 260,000 pieces of equipment and more than 890,000 e-cigarette bombs, involving nearly 700 million yuan. Among them, there were 28 cases of counterfeit e-cigarettes, and more than 850,000 counterfeit e-cigarettes were seized; there were 16 cases of "milk tea cups" and "coke cans", and 10,700 related illegal e-cigarette products were seized.

Among them, on February 3 this year, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Bao 'an District and the Public Security Department destroyed 7 production, warehousing and sales dens of 4 enterprises involved in the case in Bao' an District, and seized 731,200 illegally produced cigarette bombs, 2700 smoking equipment, 374,900 disposable e-cigarettes, and 513 kilograms of tobacco oil, involving illegal fruit-flavored cigarette bombs of multiple specifications and "milk tea cups" and "coke cans". The physical case value exceeded 66 million yuan, and the total case value reached 376 million yuan.

According to preliminary statistics, since October 1, 2022, tobacco monopoly bureaus at all levels in the province, together with public security, market supervision and other functional departments, have investigated and dealt with 115 e-cigarette cases.(Among them, there were 19 criminal cases of producing and selling counterfeit and shoddy e-cigarettes, 29 cases of "Shangshang e-cigarettes", 18 cases of selling e-cigarettes to minors, 21 cases of operating retail business of e-cigarette products without a license, and selling illegally produced e-cigarettes. There were 25 cases of cigarette products and 3 cases of selling unmarked foreign e-cigarette products), involving a total amount of more than 98 million yuan, and 227 people were arrested. Typical cases are as follows:

1. Meizhou's "10.10" case was suspected of transporting counterfeit registered trademark disposable e-cigarettes. On October 10, 2022, the tobacco and public security departments of Pingyuan County, Meizhou City conducted an inspection in the service west area of Pingyuan County of the Jiant-Guangzhou Expressway. On the spot, 24000 disposable e-cigarettes suspected of counterfeiting registered trademarks were seized, with a case value of approximately 1.34 million yuan. One person involved in the case was arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

2. Huizhou's "10.10" case was suspected of producing counterfeit registered trademark disposable e-cigarettes. On October 10, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco, Public Security, Market Supervision and other departments of Huidong County, Huizhou City, seized a case of suspected production of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes in Daling Street, Huidong County, Huizhou City. 63800 disposable e-cigarettes were seized on the spot, with a case value of approximately 4.27 million yuan. 25 people involved in the case were arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

3. Zhongshan's "11.10" was suspected of producing and selling counterfeit registered trademark "Tea Cup" e-cigarettes. On November 10, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Zhongshan City seized a case of suspected production and sales of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes on Caihong Avenue, West District of Zhongshan City. 80290 "milk tea cups" e-cigarettes were seized on the spot, with a case value of approximately 3.03 million yuan. Five people involved in the case were arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

4. Shaoguan's "11.21" case was suspected of producing counterfeit registered trademark disposable e-cigarettes. On November 21, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Lechang City and Qujiang District of Shaoguan City seized a case of suspected production of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes in Pingshi Town, Lechang City. 25587 disposable e-cigarettes were seized on the spot, with a case value of approximately 3.5 million yuan. One person involved in the case was arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

5. Guangzhou's "12.09" case was suspected of producing counterfeit registered trademark disposable e-cigarettes. On December 9, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Huadu District, Guangzhou City investigated and dealt with a case of suspected production of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes in Huashan Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City. 6000 disposable e-cigarettes, 7000 packaging boxes, 1 BS-heat shrinkable film packaging machine, 1 Maijishi packaging machine, 1 capping machine, 1 electronic injection machine, 1 soldering machine, 1 pass-through sealing machine, 300 e-cigarette cigarette tubes. 1 multi-functional automatic plastic continuous sealing machine, with a case value of approximately 1.17 million yuan. One person involved in the case was arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

6. Yangjiang's "12.11" case was suspected of producing counterfeit registered trademark disposable e-cigarettes. On December 11, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Yangjiang City investigated and dealt with a case of producing counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes in Heshan Town, Yangdong District. 13162 disposable e-cigarettes, 25 boxes of trademark paper, 9236 cigarette holders, 1 air compressor, and 4 packaging machinery, with a case value of approximately 2.3 million yuan. Eleven people involved in the case were arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

7. Dongguan's "12.18" case was suspected of producing and selling disposable e-cigarettes with counterfeit registered trademarks. On December 18, 2022, according to reports from the masses, the tobacco and public security departments of Dongguan city and Shenzhen city jointly cracked a case of illegal production, warehousing and transfer distribution of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes. A total of 358200 disposable e-cigarettes were seized in Humen Town, Dongguan city and Bao 'an District, Shenzhen City, with a case value of approximately 60.89 million yuan. Four people involved in the case were arrested. The case is currently being further processed.# p#pagination title #e#

8. Maoming's "1.11" case was suspected of producing disposable e-cigarettes with counterfeit registered trademarks. On January 11, 2023, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Xinyi City, Maoming City, seized a case of suspected production of counterfeit registered trademark e-cigarettes in Shuikou Town, Xinyi City. 43787 disposable e-cigarettes, 2 manual presses, 8 soldering machines, 1 heat shrinkable film machine, 2 sealing machines, 1 smoke tester, and 1 e-cigarette tester, with a case value of approximately 2.0722 million yuan. 26 people involved in the case were arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

9. Zhaoqing's "1.15" case was suspected of selling "Shangtou e-cigarettes". On January 15, 2023, the Tobacco and Public Security Department of Deqing County, Zhaoqing City closed the network on a suspected illegal sale of "Shangtou e-cigarettes". A total of "Shangtou e-cigarettes" were seized in two target locations in Decheng Town, Deqing County. There were 128 bombs and 87 smoking equipment, with a value of approximately 66,500 yuan on site; After investigation, the people involved in the case have sold more than 1000 "Shangshang e-cigarettes", with a sales amount of about 520,000 yuan and a total case value of about 586,500 yuan. 14 people involved in the case have been arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

10. Jiangmen "1.15" suspected of selling "electronic cigarettes" case. On January 15, 2023, according to reports from the masses, the Tobacco and Public Security Departments of Kaiping City, Jiangmen, seized a case suspected of selling "Shangtou e-cigarettes" in Sanbu Street, Kaiping City. 119 e-cigarette smoking sets, 97 cigarette bombs, 12 bottles of cigarette oil, and 4 packs of cigarette powder were seized on the scene, with a case value of approximately 100,000 yuan. One person involved in the case was arrested. The case is currently being further processed.

Shanghai

On February 15, Chongming implemented a centralized network closure and successfully arrested 14 members of criminal gangs in other provinces. Seven e-cigarette storage dens and one production den were seized on the spot. More than 84,000 finished and semi-finished products of various types of e-cigarettes were seized. More than 30,000 pieces, as well as a large amount of illegal production equipment such as raw tobacco oil, cigarette bombs, air compressors, plastic packaging machines, and oil injection machines. The value of e-cigarettes seized on the spot was nearly 6 million yuan, and the value involved exceeded 10 million yuan.

Wuhan, Hubei

In Wuhan, Hubei Province, a full-chain crackdown was implemented in accordance with the law, breaking through four major e-cigarette cases: "1.06","1.08","1.12" and "2.10". A total of 15 e-cigarette storage dens across provinces were destroyed, and 177227 disposable e-cigarettes such as "milk tea cups" and "teddy bears" were seized, 95286 e-cigarette cartridges, 2036 e-cigarette smoking sets, and 32680 ml of e-cigarette tobacco oil were seized. The value of the physical goods seized exceeded 22.28 million yuan. 26 suspects were arrested

Gansu linxia

On February 14, Linxia City, Linxia Prefecture seized 4341 flavored e-cigarette cigarettes, 174 e-cigarette smoking sets, 83 sets of smoking sets, and 550 "milk tea cups" of various types at suspects 'warehousing, sales dens and e-cigarette delivery points.heating non-burningThere are 80 boxes of tobacco products, with a physical case value of more than 270,000 yuan. At the same time, 5 sales books, 2 computers, 3 mobile phones, and 3 bank cards were seized on the spot, and 1 criminal suspect was arrested.

Jiangjin District, Chongqing

On February 14, the task force dispatched a total of 36 law enforcement officers to Dongguan city, Guangdong Province to conduct on-site arrest and successfully destroyed the illegal e-cigarette production site. 21241 finished cigarette bombs, 88842 oil-filled empty cigarette bombs, 7570 finished smoking equipment, 386 finished "milk tea cups", 456.51 kg of tobacco oil, 304847 cigarette bomb raw materials, 90942 smoking equipment raw materials, and 61250 trademark papers were seized on the spot. 42 production equipment of various types. After preliminary investigation, the amount involved in the case is currently about 20 million yuan.

Jinnan District, Tianjin City

On February 20, Jinnan District received reports from the masses. After in-depth investigation, it quickly organized monopoly law enforcement personnel to launch operations and seized 268 disposable e-cigarettes and 195 cigarette bombs of various types from an e-cigarette retail store. The preliminary estimate is that the case value is more than 50,000 yuan.