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Beijing police nab fake Olympics cigarettes 

Jump to full article: China Daily (cn), 2008-06-05

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Beijing police detained seven people for producing and selling counterfeit cigarettes bearing the Beijing Olympic Games logo on the packaging, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.

Police confiscated 258 cartons of cigarettes and a large amount of packaging materials in a May 28 raid on a house in Chongwen district, in the southeast of the city.

More than 80 cartons had the brand names "Olympic Zhonghua" -- meaning "Olympic China" -- or "Olympic Beijing" and carried the Beijing Olympic logo

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