Three bootleggers arrested in southern China for faking foreign brand spirits

Three men were arrested in southern China in early August after they earned more than 1 million yuan (HK$1.17 million) selling fake alcohol, a Chinese news website reports.

The men from Hunan province, whose full names were not disclosed, had been making alcohol since March and selling it to liquor sellers in bottles with foreign brand labels, Ycwb.com reported.

They were discovered by police in Guangzhou, Guandong province, filling bottles from mildewed plastic buckets in the early morning of August 9.

They had been providing their product to clients three to four times a week, police said.