A video leads to a major illegal vaping device production case worth over RMB 10 million

14 suspects were arrested on the scene, 3 vehicles involved in the case were seized, and non-national standards were seizede-cigarettes97257 pieces,smoke oil13 barrels, 10 production packaging machines, a number of production raw materials and packaging materials, with a case value of more than 10 million yuan...

On April 6, under the command and dispatch of the Inspection Detachment of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Zhanggong District and the Public Security Bureau of the Economic Development Zone dispatched more than 80 public security and tobacco law enforcement officers to investigate and deal with an illegal e-cigarette production site.

This case is the largest and largest illegal production of e-cigarettes seized by the Ganzhou City Bureau in recent years. This move successfully cut off a chain of interests in the illegal production, storage, transportation and sale of e-cigarettes.

Special rectification screening clues

Since March this year, the Ganzhou City Bureau has carried out city-wide regulations based on the unified deployment of the Jiangxi Province Tobacco Monopoly Bureaue-cigarette marketDuring a special inspection of order, monopoly personnel verified the operating conditions of 173 existing e-cigarette market entities in the city, and carefully collected clues on e-cigarette cases.

" There is a job advertisement here for making e-cigarettes." In his spare time, a monopoly inspector from the Ganzhou City Bureau accidentally discovered a job advertisement for an e-cigarette processing factory while browsing Douyin. Long-term experience in monopoly work made him immediately alert. He remembered that he had received a report from the public a few days ago saying that a company illegally produced e-cigarettes in the Economic Development Zone. He immediately reported this clue to his superiors and requested to initiate Investigation process.# p#pagination title #e#

Monopoly inspectors inspected the seized non-national standard e-cigarettes

After receiving clues to the case, the Inspection Detachment of the Ganzhou City Bureau made a special report to the main leaders and leaders in charge of the Ganzhou City Bureau as soon as possible. "We must stand at the height of fully implementing the National Bureau's overall layout planning of the e-cigarette industry, resolutely implement the work deployment of legalization and standardization of e-cigarettes, and aim at standardizing the order of the e-cigarette market, quickly attack, cut off the chain, achieve results, and form a deterrent." The relevant person in charge of the Ganzhou City Bureau requested.

Subsequently, the inspection detachment immediately convened relevant case handling personnel to conduct information research and judgment. After determining the direction of the information, a special case team was established to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the clues.

Data guide to identify the principal offender

In order to ensure the smooth investigation of the case, the Ganzhou City Bureau, while organizing monopoly personnel to carry out clues, held a case analysis meeting with the local public security bureau as soon as possible, requesting the public security department to intervene in advance.

At the case analysis meeting, staff of the Electronic Cigarette Supervision Office of the Ganzhou City Bureau introduced in detail the" 1+2+N "legal supervision system for e-cigarettes, the current measures taken by the tobacco department to identify and inspect e-cigarettes prices, and the current issuance of licenses for e-cigarette production and operation enterprises in Ganzhou City.

Illegal e-cigarette production site

After understanding the details of the case and clarifying the ideas for case investigation, the Ganzhou City Bureau and the Public Security Bureau established a joint task force to further increase the intensity of case investigation, strive to achieve quick investigation and quick handling, and handle cases in a practical and precise manner.

"We analyzed the WeChat and call records of these people and we can confirm that he is the person in charge of this den, responsible for gathering personnel and organizing production." The monopoly inspector of the Ganzhou City Bureau cooperated with the public security personnel to conduct a large amount of data analysis, combined with the information sent back from the scene, and gradually clarified the personnel organizational structure in the production site.

" We must find out the scope and rules of this person's activities. We must not let him escape when closing the network." After receiving clear information, the Chief of the Public Security Brigade of the Ganzhou City Public Security Bureau immediately strengthened the police force and monitored the criminal suspects on a full-time basis. At the same time, he arranged for law enforcement personnel to continue to carry out external investigations, focusing on understanding the production situation of the dens and preventing the dens from suddenly moving.# p#pagination title #e#

Clear goals and successfully close the network

" The production site is located on the 4th floor, and we must also focus on safety issues. When closing the network, we must not let the on-site personnel be too scattered, and ensure the personal safety of law enforcement personnel and criminal suspects." The leaders in charge of the Ganzhou City Public Security Bureau emphasized when convening the task force to formulate an action plan.

" We suggest that when collecting evidence, the evidence fixing team should quickly collect communication tools, invoices, books, computers and other items to facilitate further investigation of the case." The captain of the inspection detachment of the Ganzhou City Bureau added.

The joint task force combined the actual situation on site, fully considered various factors, and finally determined the action plan, set up teams such as on-site command, evidence fixation, personnel control, and item counting, and made further clarifications on the team leader and the specific division of labor.

Some non-national standard e-cigarettes seized on site

On April 6, after determining that all the main suspects were within the control range, more than 80 public security and tobacco law enforcement officers responded to the order and rushed to the scene of the case. Each group had clear goals and made every effort to advance, ultimately destroying this illegal production of e-cigarettes in one fell swoop.

In recent years, the Ganzhou City Bureau has taken the initiative to crack down on various illegal activities involving e-cigarettes. Since 2021, a total of 30 illegal cases of various types of e-cigarettes have been investigated and dealt with, including 4 cases of illegal production of e-cigarettes, effectively maintaining the order of the e-cigarette market in Ganzhou City. (Oriental Tobacco News reporter Zhang Shuai, special correspondent Li Quan, correspondent Chen Bin/Wen Ganzhou City Bureau Photo/Video)