Fake tobacco factory in front of elementary school's nose... with "the smell of a ventilator."

[Anchor]
A group of Chinese people who have been secretly making fake cigarettes in front of an elementary school in the middle of a residential area in Seoul have been caught by the police.

I even put up a fake sign, but the fishy smell from the ventilator became the decisive clue.

A reporter from the department head reports.

[Reporter]
Police rush into the shabby factory.

Brown tobacco leaves piled up everywhere.

Unpacked cigarette bags are also scattered here and there.

"Don't touch, don't touch!"

A Chinese man who secretly made fake cigarettes in the middle of Seoul was caught by the police.

Two factories were built in the area of Daelim-dong, Seoul, where elementary schools are located, and illegal immigrants were hired.It is presumed that the fake sign saying

{Underwear Foundation} was put out, but in the end, the ventilator became the decisive clue to the arrest.

[Shin Seung-guk / Team leader of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Mobile Patrol: We went to the factory to listen to the sounds, smell them, and hide for about two weeks to see how they were distributed. When I smelled it on the ventilator, I kept smelling it coming up a lot and steadily.]

The police estimate that they have sold 1 million cigarettes, worth 1.3 billion won, over a year.

No ingredients or hazards have been confirmed, but it is believed to have been widely distributed as a cigarette sold in China.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Mobile Patrol has booked eight Chinese people, including A, on charges of violating the Tobacco Business Act and is pursuing superiors and distribution measures such as the chief.

I'm the manager of YTN.