Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

China arrests 11 over toxic capsule factory


(MENAFN- Arab News) BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested 11 people on suspicion of making and selling some 90 million cancer-causing capsule casings in the eastern province of Zhejiang state media reported on Thursday.

The casings were made with an industrial gelatin that contained high amounts of the metal chromium the official China Daily newspaper said adding the group was detained at a workshop last month.

Police are still investigating where the casings were sold. State media did not report any cases of illness caused by the toxic shells.

The group was led by a 56-year-old man named Pan Bohai the China Daily said. Pan who had previously worked at a now-bankrupt pharmaceutical firm that also produced empty capsules gathered 10 friends to start his own business the paper said.


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