Fake Coca-Cola Produced In Poland
Warsaw, Poland 7 February, 2010 - Fake Coca-Cola production in Poland, the imitation cola may have flooded the Polish market. Counterfeit Coca-Cola worth 200,000PLN was found in a police raid of a bottling plant in Oleck in the Warmiñsko-Mazurskie province.
Thousands of bottles of fake Coca-Cola produced in unsanitary conditions may have already been retailed in Poland and may be a health risk to consumers.
“Police and officers of the Polish Border Guard received information about the illegal bottling plant and false labels,” spokesperson for the Provincial Police Command in Olsztyn Izabela NiedŸwiedzka said.
“On Monday morning they entered a firm in Oleck. They discovered a whole production line, from bottle production” to the ready-made product, she said.
About 40,000 two liter bottles ready for retail and another 30,000 empty bottles, caps and labels were seized.
Police estimate the acquisition to be worth 200,000PLN.
Police also seized two tones of counterfeit laundry powder and dishwashing liquid of unknown value in the raid and after contacting other police, officers from Bia³ystok seized a further 22,000 bottles on two trucks which they pulled over for inspection.
Police are investigating how long the operation has been going on as well as who has been purchasing the goods, both the cola and the household cleaning products.
Police arrested two men in the raid, a 49-year-old owner and his 36-year-old employee.
For trading illegally manufactured goods they face up to 5 years’ jail.
By Victoria Ziarkowski
Freelance Writer
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