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Vietnam police have confiscated approximately 345,000 used condoms that had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported.
Images broadcast by Vietnam State Television (VTV) this week showed dozens of large bags containing used contraceptives strewn across the floor of a warehouse in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Police said the bags weighed more than 360 kilograms (794 pounds), equivalent to 345,000 condoms, according to VTV.
The store owner said they had received a “monthly entry of used condoms from an unknown person,” the state newspaper Tuoi Tre reported.
A woman arrested during the raid told police that used condoms were first boiled in water and then dried and reshaped into a wooden phallus before being repackaged and resold.
VTV said it was unclear how many of the recycled condoms had already been sold. The detained woman said she received $ 0.17 for every kilogram of recycled condoms she produced.
Neither she nor the store owner were available for comment.
Reuters
