article_snippet.sent: Officers said the lubricating oil used on the condoms at one production line in Henan province was so disgusting that the lubricating oil used on the condoms at one production line in Henan province made they had seized three million knock-off condoms - thought to be worth nearly £1.3 million on the black market - after they broke up a large operation covering eight provinces
article_snippet.sent: Dodgy work: Fake condoms were made in a makeshift workshop in Shanghai .
article_snippet.sent: Cheap raw materials - consisting of plastic strips and elastic bands - were used to make the condoms in makeshift workshops.
article_snippet.sent: But the gang still sold the condoms in makeshift workshops at the regular price of £4.20 for a pack of 12 via their own online shop, contacting potential customers via social media.
article_snippet.sent: the condoms in makeshift workshops were also sold at motels across the country.
article_snippet.sent: Squalid: the condoms in makeshift workshops were made by women in a run-down residential property in the Yangpu district .
article_snippet.sent: Health hazard: Tests found that the condoms in makeshift workshops contained toxic metals and were not safe to use .
article_snippet.sent: One woman in the Yangpu district had been running a workshop in a run-down residential property, employing local workers to make and package the condoms in makeshift workshops.
article_snippet.sent: Zhang Wenliang, a police officer from Shanghai's Yangpu district Public Security Bureau, said: 'At a workshop in Henan province, we found a small production line which produced bad-quality condoms.
article_snippet.sent: we sent the condoms in makeshift workshops to the quality authorities and tests showed the condoms in makeshift workshops contained heavy metals.
article_snippet.sent: the condoms in makeshift workshops are very dangerous to humans.'
article_snippet.sent: the condoms in makeshift workshops were sold in Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shaanxi provinces.