It Turns Out That These People Who Faked Aqua Brand Gallon Mineral Water, Have Been Operating For 2 Years And Have Been Caught Too

The Head of the Cilegon Resort Police of the Banten Police AKBP Eko Tjahyo Untoro staged a case of counterfeiting Aqua gallons/ Photo: Doc. Banten Police

Cilegon – Five people have been named as suspects in the case of counterfeiting gallon-sized Aqua brand mineral water in Cilegon. The Banten Police Chief of Cilegon Police AKBP Eko Tjahyo Untoro said the perpetrators with the initials MB (32), TH (30), SF (34), YF (30), and SM (34) committed a consumer protection crime related to counterfeiting the contents of gallon mineral water.

"Saturday (July 16) at around 13.00, Unit II Satreskrim Polres Cilegon conducted a patrol which then saw suspicious activity. So members came in and checked and saw five perpetrators replacing the Hydro X-tra gallon cap with the Aqua branded gallon cap, while the contents of the gallon water came from a water depot," said Eko, in a written statement, Friday, July 22.

Then Eko explained, after replacing the gallon cap which was originally branded Hydro X-tra and replaced with a gallon cap branded Aqua, the perpetrators distributed it to shops and stalls," he explained.

Eko said, the perpetrators had been doing the action for 2 years, so they managed to get a monthly profit of Rp. 28 million.

"The perpetrator admitted that he had been doing the forgery for two years and made a profit of more than Rp. 20 million per month," said Eko.

From this crime, the police confiscated a number of evidences in the form of two black pick-up cars along with their vehicle registration and keys, three agent warehouse keys, four refill water depot keys, a bundle of document recapitulation notes, one screwdriver, one unit of Oneplus 10 pro brand cell phone. 5G gray color, 90 gallons of Aqua brand with refilled water, 265 gallons of Aqua intact, 71 gallons of Hydro X-tra are torn or damaged, 19 gallons of Aqua are in good condition, Saefi's cash is IDR 125 thousand, 700 gallons of tissue branded Aqua and cash income of Rp5,910,000.

The perpetrators are suspected of Article 62 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph 1 letters a and d of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection and or Article 143 in conjunction with Article 99 of Law Number 18 of 2012 concerning Food in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

Five suspects of counterfeiting the contents of the Aqua branded gallon mineral water are subject to Article 62 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph 1 letters a and d of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection with a threat of 5 years in prison.

Eko appealed to the public to be more careful in purchasing mineral water.

“If you buy gallon mineral water, look again at the serial number between the gallon cap and the serial number on the gallon. If it is different, then the seller can ask the seller again because it is known that if the water or gallon is fake, then the serial number is closed by the bottle and the body of the water gallon is different," concluded Eko.