Chinese police have seized hundreds of unlicensed and counterfeit beauty products following an investigation into an illegal supply network . The products were initially seized in September 2017 after an inspection of a beauty parlour . They were traced to a supplier in Jilin province called Zuo , who sold them over messaging app WeChat . Raiding Zuo ’s claims , police found products including more than 2,300 grams of hyaluronic acid , used in luxury items . Authorities took records proving CNY30 m ( $ 4.3 m ) worth of items had been sold in a six - month period to 10 Chinese provinces . Zuo and two other suppliers have been arrested .
Chinese police have seized thousands of unlicensed and counterfeit beauty products following an investigation into an illegal supply network. The products were initially discovered in September 2017 after an inspection of a beauty parlour. They were traced to a supplier in Jilin province called Zuo, who sold them over messaging app WeChat. Raiding Zuo’s warehouse, police found products including more than 2,300 bottles of hyaluronic acid, used in skincare items. Authorities took records proving CNY30m ($4.3m) worth of items had been sold in a six-month period to 10 Chinese provinces. Zuo and two other suspects have been arrested.