This Thursday (6) the São Paulo Civil Police carries out an operation against counterfeit drinks. There are 17 search and seizure warrants in the city of São Paulo (9 warrants) and also in the interior of the state in Marília, Taquaritinga, Americana, Matão and Sertãozinho and also in Londrina, Paraná.
So far, three men have been arrested red-handed. Two of them were found in clandestine deposits of alcoholic beverage bottles in Ermelino Matarazzo and Vila Cruzeiro, both in the east zone of the capital of São Paulo. In the first neighborhood there were thousands of bottles used to counterfeit drinks such as gin, whiskey and vodka. In the second, police officers identified more tampered containers, labels and packaging.
In the previous phases of Operation It Looks, But It Isn’t, the police uncovered a major counterfeit scheme for alcoholic beverages.
* Article updated at 9:10 am. to increase information.
