<p>Authorities clamped down on 232 counterfeiting networks in the first six months, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration said Friday. <br /><br />Law enforcement agencies rounded up 4,110 people suspected of producing and selling counterfeit cigarettes and prosecuted 1,849 of them, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The authorities solved 2,203 counterfeit cases in the period, each case involving products valued at more than 50,000 yuan ($7,767).<br /><br />The administration said they seized 5.7 billion counterfeit cigarettes last year. <br /></p>
<p>Authorities clamped down on 232 counterfeiting networks in the first six months, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration said Friday. <br /><br />Law enforcement agencies rounded up 4,110 people suspected of producing and selling counterfeit cigarettes and prosecuted 1,849 of them, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The authorities solved 2,203 counterfeit cases in the period, each case involving products valued at more than 50,000 yuan ($7,767).<br /><br />The administration said they seized 5.7 billion counterfeit cigarettes last year. <br /></p>