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Police Investigate Warehouse for Producing Fake Coffee

1/30/2026

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Police opened a criminal investigation into a Lam Dong Province warehouse producing fake coffee from soya beans after a raid seized 4.1 tonnes of counterfeit products.
Luong Viet Kiem, the warehouse owner, confessed to mixing soya beans and flavorings with coffee beans for local sales, a practice that coffee trader Nguyen Quang Tho warned may pose health risks.
The investigation followed the discovery of a truck carrying undocumented ground coffee.

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Police opened a criminal investigation into a Lam Dong Province warehouse producing fake coffee from soya beans after a raid seized 4.1 tonnes of counterfeit products.
Luong Viet Kiem, the warehouse owner, confessed to mixing soya beans and flavorings with coffee beans for local sales, a practice that coffee trader Nguyen Quang Tho warned may pose health risks.
The investigation followed the discovery of a truck carrying undocumented ground coffee.