In an open sewer ditch on Zhengshang Road in Zhengzhou, a large quantity of empty medicine capsules appeared overnight, turning 300 meters of the ditch into a “rainbow river”. Some of the capsules have already been washed downstream, dying the river blue-green. Nearby residents stated there isn’t a pharmaceutical factory nearby, so perhaps the capsules were secretly manufactured in an illegal small workshop.
Village director Sun Baozhou in a telephone interview said he wasn’t aware of the capsules discovered in the ditch, though confirmed there is no pharmaceutical factory nearby. He said that previously there was a small pharmaceutical workshop in the village, which was dealt with months ago, and in light of the present situation might be again secretly producing capsules. “We will again investigate the village to see whether this kind of workshop exists, and if we find it, we will immediately take care of it.” At the local police station, in the Police Affairs Office, officer Miao Yunzhan was also unaware of the capsule situation.
