Lin Nan advertises that there are hundreds of flavors of e-liquids.

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[Reporter Xu Guozhen / Taichung report] A man surnamed Lin in Taichung City smelled the huge business opportunity of electronic cigarettes. He bought a large number of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine through Chinese friends, and put them into barrels of pet shower gel. After being installed, it was advertised that there are hundreds of flavors sold on the Internet. The case was cracked by the Taichung City Criminal Daxing line and transferred to justice in accordance with the violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. Lin returned the proceeds of crime, and the prosecution recently suspended the prosecution.

Taichung City Criminal Investigation Team 2 found that there were sellers displaying, publishing and selling e-cigarette information online at the end of last year. After continuous investigation, it was found that the e-liquids they sold contained nicotine, and they targeted a 38-year-old. The seller surnamed Lin was suspected of seriousness. After completing the search, he went to Lin Nan's home and warehouse to search, and seized 3,761 e-liquids with a market price of more than 2.5 million yuan on the spot.

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Hong Weiru, the second team leader of the investigation, said that after investigation, Lin Nan saw that the e-cigarette market was huge and profitable, so he cooperated with a Chinese friend, who bought a large amount of e-liquid containing nicotine, and put it into barrels of animal-specific body wash to smuggle through customs. In order to evade police investigation, it was shipped to Taiwan and then repackaged by employees and sold on shopping websites.

In addition, Lin Nan even used the gimmick of "only you can't think of it, there is no flavor that we can't make" to attract addicts to buy online. According to statistics, Lin Nan sold nearly 100 flavors of e-liquid, and there are all kinds of flavors. After the case was transferred to the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office for violating the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, the prosecution recently concluded the investigation. Because Lin had already returned millions of illegal gains, he was given a deferred prosecution.

The police said that the number of young people using e-cigarettes has been rising, thinking that e-cigarettes are less harmful to the body, but in fact, e-cigarette supplements still contain nicotine, and they call for nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be included in drug management, and the health authorities have not approved them. If an e-cigarette product is sold, supplied or displayed with the intention of selling it without authorization, according to the "Pharmaceutical Affairs Law", it will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 7 years and a fine of not more than 50 million yuan.

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Electronic cigarette oil is packed into pet shower gel bottles, and then smuggled into the country and sold in separate packages.

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The police seized a large number of e-liquids containing nicotine.

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